Here's another educational poker hand to consider this week, again coming from relatively early in the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic.
In this one I am dealt under the gun. With the blinds 150/300 with a 50 ante, I raised to 800. The effective stacks are all relatively deep (I started with 50,000). I end up getting five callers all around the table, including from a great loose-aggressive player in middle position and both blinds.
The six of us saw a flop come and it checked to me. While there may be merit in betting this hand on this board, I chose to check here and it ended up checking around.