You are out of position and have the table covered, though not by much for some people. Luckily - the bigger stacks folded preflop. In this case, you've got 2 people who have about 1/3 pot stacks, 1 at 1/2 pot and one who covers the pot, but not by much. In other words, by betting pot - anyone who isn't all-in is pot committed.
However, you are still technically drawing. What are you drawing to?
a) any club other than the 6c (8 outs)
b) any non-club 8 (3 outs) - this gives you a non-nut straight - but it might be the best
c) any ace (2 outs) - top set - if the straight is out - this is a tough hand to drop though
d) running diamonds (~1-2 outs) - backdoor flushes can often earn you quite a bit, and they do have equity.
In my opinion, you have two courses of action here:
1. You could bet the pot - this has value since you might pick up the pot here, but also should knock out people whom you don't want in the pot (people who could draw to the 9-T straight if your 8 hits for instance).
2. You could check-call - hiding the power of your draw and see if you hit on the turn. If there's excessive betting by the time it gets back to you, you can probably safely call with the number of outs you have - but remember you are not guaranteed a win in this pot.
I lean towards betting the pot. Only one player (the poster) can cover this bet and still have money and he just sat at the table (so in my opinion will be less likely to play for his stack).
/dStatistics: Posted by starstealer — Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:17 am
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