Quiz #16, Question Two

[Matt]

You are in the big blind with K:hearts:9:clubs:. An early player, a middle player, and a late-position player all limp. The small blind completes and you check. The flop comes K:spades: 7:clubs: 6:spades:. The small blind checks and you bet. The early player folds and the middle player raises. The late-position player calls, as does the small blind. You call. The pot now contains 6.5 big bets. The turn is 10:hearts:, giving you a gutshot straight draw in addition to your top pair. The small blind checks. What do you do?

[Matt]

Check and call no more than one bet. You have a marginal hand, but you have picked up at least three additional outs (you cannot count all four eights as full outs, since the 8:spades: could make someone a flush). Folding is probably correct if the middle player bets and no one else calls.