You may not know me, but I am one of those limit dorks that still exist.
This was in a live 1-2 NL game while I was waiting for my 8-16 seat. Please be nice, the limit guys know I offend easily and have poor self-esteem.

I have in the BB. This is ten handed, this was a brand new game and this is literally the third hand so no reads at all.

Relevant stack size:
Me $200 (table max)
UTG +1 ~$150
MP1 $100

UTG (wearing his Full Tilt gear head to toe) raises to $10, UTG +1 calls, MP1 calls, two other callers, SB folds, I call.

Flop (6 players - $61 pot):


I check because I'm clever, UTG (preflop raiser) checks, UTG+1 bets $15, MP1 calls $15, everyone else folds to me, I checkraise to $50, UTG + 1 calls $35 after hesitating, MP1 calls $35.

Turn (3 players - $211 pot):


I go all-in for my remaining $140 which I assume is clearly correct.

Begin the slaughter!!!!!

And please tell me do I still go all-in on the turn if turn card is:
1)
2)

If you are going to c/r you need to make a real c/r. $50 isn't even 1/2 pot. Since effective stacks are $150 and a pot sized c/r = $121, a real check raise involves betting all of your chips.

I like the CRAI line fwiw. Looks bluffy and you might get called by someone with overcards or an over pair. Just try not to get sucked out on.

The and the both would suck a lot and they are the reason that you check-raise like you mean it.

It just seems nuts to me to shove $200 out there after a $15 bet. I kinda know enough NL theory to know that the responses here would be I should have bet more, but it just feels wrong to do this. I still don't get the reasoning behind it.

Now I realize part of this is that the guy made an underbet based on the pot size, but I still am unclear as to what I am trying to accomplish here on the flop.

Do I want these guys to fold? I have no specific reads, but the $15 lead seems like a "feeler/small piece" bet after the PFR checked and one has to assume the caller is drawing. The caller has only $75 or so left after her initial flop call so it seems like she is coming along no matter whether I CR $50 or $1000.

Don't I probably want the first guy to call? Or maybe even come over the top all-in? It seems like the CRAI gets action from him with his best range and discourages actions with the stuff I crush anyway.

Your raise basically did nothing. it made you play a big pot OOP with half the deck being scare cards. your raise is so bad you would be better off calling the $15

If you going to raise you must raise the pot +- 20%. Or shove shove shove.

i chck/pinch AI

The thing is, the flush chaser is making the CORRECT play by chasing here with those odds. Think of it in this way, you're making $35 from the UTG+1, but you're risking having to fold the turn if an 8,J, or 6 or any spade comes and you are pushed into, losing a $211 pot.

On the turn, a missed flush or straight draw may also simply just not call you. I mean on the flop yeah why not? But on the turn? Not very good odds at all. The A9 won't call unless he hits two-pair and than he really is ahead. So you're only really making $35, but you're potentially losing a lot. Just better to push, win money sometimes by FE, win money by draws chasing incorrectly, lose some by simple bad beats.

Hands like this are the very reason I started playing NL after originally playing limit.

I can check raise enough to make people get the hell out of MY pot...or pay dearly to chase chase chase like they love to do.

I either lead out full pot or CRAI. Any other play with this pot size, this action and these stack sizes is not a good idea.