Usually, a weak lead bet into a drawing-type flop is a cast iron tell that the opponent is an inexperienced player with a draw that he wants to play out fairly cheaply. It's almost always a pretty horrible play, and shouldn't ever really be used without a collosal draw (and even then you should usually bet the pot). In this case, I'd flopped the nut straight but I knew anyone with a nut draw would call a full bet and put me in trouble if any of the many drawing cards hit. So, I lead for a small bet; this folds any bad draws BUT also I was looking for a player (preferably a short stack) to seize on this as a sign of weakness and raise me back, thus getting it heads up. If a drawing card comes I can still fold cheaply, but if I can get heads up and see a safe turn after re-raising, I can make a huge bet and get a lot of chips in on this hand without risking too much on the flop. I wouldn't recommend this at a lower buyin table, but it seemed to work nicely here, as the player with 2-pair fired back at me with a semi-bluff and I won a nice pot.
Monk
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PokerStars Game #1079010716: Omaha Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2005/01/14 - 20:58:59 (ET)
Table 'Canopus' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: heyheyy557 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: Pitbull24 ($69 in chips)
Seat 3: big$trivia ($107.95 in chips)
Seat 4: FelonusMonk ($555.10 in chips)
Seat 5: nmoroney ($80.70 in chips)
Seat 6: a1killer ($183.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Niknais ($216.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Brunomater ($200 in chips)
Seat 9: WCTPP ($590.85 in chips)
big$trivia: posts small blind $1
FelonusMonk: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FelonusMonk [9d 7s Kh 2d]
nmoroney: folds
a1killer: folds
Niknais: folds
Brunomater: calls $2
WCTPP: calls $2
heyheyy557: calls $2
Pitbull24: calls $2
big$trivia: calls $1
FelonusMonk: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d 5c 6c]
big$trivia: checks
FelonusMonk: bets $6
Brunomater: folds
WCTPP: folds
heyheyy557: raises $17 to $23 and is all-in
Pitbull24: folds
big$trivia: folds
FelonusMonk: calls $17
*** TURN *** [8d 5c 6c]
![The King of Clubs [Kc]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif)
*** RIVER *** [8d 5c 6c Kc]
![The Nine of Spades [9s]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/9s.gif)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FelonusMonk: shows [9d 7s Kh 2d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
heyheyy557: mucks hand
FelonusMonk collected $55.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $58 | Rake $2.85
Board [8d 5c 6c Kc 9s]
Seat 1: heyheyy557 mucked [8h Qc 6h 4s]
Seat 2: Pitbull24 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: big$trivia (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: FelonusMonk (big blind) showed [9d 7s Kh 2d] and won ($55.15) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 5: nmoroney folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: a1killer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Niknais folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Brunomater folded on the Flop
Seat 9: WCTPP folded on the Flop