How often do you stick around for the turn?

Lets say you limp in with a pocket pair and hit nothing on the flop. Someone makes a half pot bet, do you stay for the turn?

Another scenario, you are in the BB and hit a straight draw on the flop again someone puts up a half pot bet, do you stick around?



Just curiosity really here, personally it all depends on the size of the flop bet and how many stick around if I am going to see another card or not.

I'd be more apt to stick around with the straight draw if it's open ended. If it's not i'll probably fold. And depending on how big your pocket pair is, i'd stick around. But if you got 4s or 3s and every card on the board is higher, there's a great chance you are beaten already, especially if he's betting the flop. You're probably not doing any better than him. Also you got way more outs to make your hand a fantastic hand with the straight draw than you do waiting for a set. Sets can be dangerous to have. But I'm usually conservative which probably hurts me more than helps me. But I'd stick around for the turn if I got something that could really pay of according to the bet.

i'm out unless its a high pair and my chipstack says its worth it, if that's the case i'll usually raise his bet considerably...i can still get out if he's dead serious about his hand.

hitting a straight draw i'm generally out right away, open ended...uuuh maybe, if the pot is cheap and his bet is cheap. if i'm stacked and they're not, i might give them a raise just to check if they're full of it before i get out of it but that's pretty rare, if you're out of position it does look like you've check raised them though...would never abuse that. it depends on my cards and their stack, mine, my outs, and how they play, some ppl fold right away to any raise unless they have absolute sacks. i just don't like always calling bets, and especially don't like ppl flat calling all the way through, worst thing about being oop...guess it depends on position too

oh, and *ps, edit* watch it on the bb. that might be a leak in my game, i'm pretty sure it is. i find i'm often going out for whatever tournament i'm in on the bb. especially when you're deep enough to be past donkzilla zone for the most part. you have to consider anyone who either limped or raised that you've called or re-raised had what they thought, a reason to be in the hand, and you have a hand you'd normally fold, just cause you're 37 two paired the flop 3-7-10 flop doesn't mean that other guy didn't limp in with pocket 10's