$2 NLHE Full Ring: Slowplaying flopped straight

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Party Poker - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem (9 players)
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SB: $2
BB Hero: $2.16
UTG: $3.53
UTG+1: $0.59
MP: $2.14
MP+1: $0.75
MP+2: $2.04
CO: $2
BTN: $2

Pre-flop: ($0.05) Hero is BB and dealt :9c4: :js4:
UTG calls $0.02, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 3 folds, CO checks, 2 folds, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.09) :8d4: :7h4: :10s4: (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.06, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $0.06, Hero calls $0.06

Turn: ($0.27) :8d4: :7h4: :10s4: :10h4: (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.19, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.83, UTG raises to $1.47, Hero raises to $2.08 (All-in), UTG calls $0.61

River: ($4.43) :8d4: :7h4: :10s4: :10h4: :4s4: (2 players)

I dont have any real reads on either player although they are both loose. I flop the nut straight and since the flop is rainbow, Im probably way ahead of both villan's hands and dominate any draws. I want to extract the maximum possible so I decide to simply call the flop bet to keep the other player in the pot.

The turn pairs the board but there are many hands that could call and very few that improve to a full house but many that could improve to trips that would be good on the flop. I decide to reraise the turn bet to get more money into the pot and villain reraises. Im not going anywhere despite what card comes on the river so I decide to shovel the money in. Also, the other villain folded so I want this villain to get all his money in too.

I think I played this hand pretty well and got really unlucky. I usually don't slowplay but I think there were reasons to (help villain catch up and to keep the other villain in the pot to increase the size of the pot). There are also very few cards that could improve villain's hand to become stronger than mine.
 
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Always raise the flop here. This is NL2. You don't need all this overanalysis. It's completely useless at this limit. Bet for value. If they all fold it's just because they had absolutely nothing. Happens sometimes, nothing you can do about it. Unlikely on this sort of flop.
 
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There's rarely a reason to slowplay a straight. Raise the flop all day.
 
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raise the flop is the way to go.
 
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Slow-playing is rarely a good thing to do. Definitely make a raise in the flop in that situation.
 
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Id pot the flop first in but yes you definitely need to raise. Nh on the turn tho
 
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Id go pot, pot, shove and hope someone has something they feel like calling with but Im an agrotard and people call me pretty light sometimes. Should work anyways at nl2.
 
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Slow-playing is rarely a good thing to do. Definitely make a raise in the flop in that situation.

ironic! but slowplaying is pretty retarded 99% of the time and definitely here! you live you learn
 
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