EbanyVRot is new to the table so ive seen very little of his play. I think maybe I played this hand badly but not sure what I should have done. Interested to see what people think?

#Game No : 5420916277
***** Hand History for Game 5420916277 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 07, 04:28:12 ET 2006
Table Table 127916 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: Tinkster21 ( $170.90 )
Seat 4: ZoroAstra ( $68.40 )
Seat 6: BDB0815 ( $38.35 )
Seat 9: DetroitVelvetSmooth ( $58.57 )
Seat 3: barthozz ( $45.50 )
Seat 7: EbanyVRot ( $42 )
Seat 1: Danielo114 ( $50.35 )
Seat 10: PuuCee ( $49 )
Seat 8: korrral ( $24.25 )
PuuCee posts small blind [$0.25].
Danielo114 posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ZoroAstra [ 5 4 ]
Tinkster21 calls [$0.50].
barthozz folds.
ZoroAstra calls [$0.50].
BDB0815 folds.
EbanyVRot calls [$0.50].
korrral folds.
DetroitVelvetSmooth folds.
npeBeg has joined the table.
PuuCee calls [$0.25].
Danielo114 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4, 7, 6 ]
PuuCee checks.
Danielo114 checks.
Tinkster21 bets [$3].
ZoroAstra calls [$3].
EbanyVRot raises [$10].
PuuCee folds.
Danielo114 folds.
Tinkster21 folds.
ZoroAstra calls [$7].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9 ]
ZoroAstra checks.
EbanyVRot is all-In [$31.50]
ZoroAstra folds.
EbanyVRot does not show cards.
EbanyVRot wins $55.75
Game #5420917319 starts.

I'd be interested to know what hand you put him on.

There's $55.75 in the Pot and it'd cost you $31.50 to Call, so you're getting 1.77:1 Pot Odds.

Your equity is 63% vs a Random hand. It's still 42% vs 99 or better. You're only in real trouble if he specifically has either 8 5 or 10 8.

So, if he has a random hand your average return would be 63% of 87.25 or $54.97.
If he has 99 or an overpair to the Board your return would be 42% of 87.25 or $35.65.
It's only costing you $31.50 to Call, so in both cases you show a long term profit by Calling..

The only way a Call becomes the wrong thing to do is if he specifically has 8, 5 or 10, 8.

pokenum -h 4c 5c - 9d 9s -- 4s 7c 6c 9h
Holdem Hi: 44 enumerated boards containing 4s 7c 6c 9h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
5c 4c 14 31.82 30 68.18 0 0.00 0.318
9s 9d 30 68.18 14 31.82 0 0.00 0.682

Not quite 42% but you are still getting almost the right pot odds to call here. And 99 is probably the worst case scenario.

pokenum -h 4c 5c - td ts -- 4s 7c 6c 9h
Holdem Hi: 44 enumerated boards containing 4s 7c 6c 9h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
5c 4c 17 38.64 27 61.36 0 0.00 0.386
Ts Td 27 61.36 17 38.64 0 0.00 0.614

pokenum -h 4c 5c - kd kh -- 4s 7c 6c 9h
Holdem Hi: 44 enumerated boards containing 4s 7c 6c 9h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
5c 4c 20 45.45 24 54.55 0 0.00 0.455
Kd Kh 24 54.55 20 45.45 0 0.00 0.545

I think here the best bet is to push the flop after the original raise to 10$. You're going to be flippin a coin if you get called but you do have some fold equity and there's dead money out there that's giving you good odds to race against an over pair or TPTK.

for me you played this hand too weak on the flop...

You are a favorite over most hands on the flop... you are beating 2 pair, any over pair.

In the worst case sanario (if he has 77 or even a made straight) you are near a coin flip (given that if he has a made straight he is a 54% favorite to win the hand (not including split)... as a split is not bad for you you have about a 45% of getting out with all your money back).

Statisticaly the chances of him having one of those two hands is slim... so chances are he has 2 pair... which you are favorite against... or even just top pair as he may feel that he is ahead as neither of you look too strong (on flop)...

I would have raised Thinkster and hard... then if Ebany reraised me... (which i dont think he would do even if he had 2pr as a big bet makes it looks like you have a made straight and are betting hard to get out any flush chasers and deff not if he had say A7 which he would have to fold)... i would have reraised him and put all my money in the middle (he can literaly only call you with made straight or tripps and even then you are not in bad shape).

I dont like to get my money in with draws except open ended straight flush ones as you are a favorite to so many hands (unless the board is paired like if you have QK and board comes 10JJ... in this case i play it real slow or get out once ive evaluated my player).

Good Luck in future

Comments on advice...?

Agreed. Situations like this probably are examples of why having a sufficient bankroll is a good thing.

Assuming you're properly bankrolled, you should never hesitate to get all of your money in as a favorite in a cash game. In this case, on the flop, you are almost assuredly a favorite. Either you've got the monster draw with 15 outs, and likely 18, unless he's got the straight or set already. Or he's raising with suited overcards, in which case you're slightly ahead with your made hand.

Either way, you need to be raising pre-flop, and raising hard.

Thanks for the responses guys, very helpful indeed. I agree that I should have pushed this hand harder on the flop. When Ebany re-raised with a raise and a call in front, I was immediately thinking set. I hoped to make a hand on the turn and then play back at him. In hindsight, a set was maybe unlikely anyway given the preflop action. In the end, being too weak/passive allowed him to take the hand away from me. As people have said, on the flop there were good odds vs most of his possible hands and when you add in fold equity a push would have been a good play. I guess with low suited connectors you couldnt hope for a better flop so best to push it hard or dont bother playing them.

I think the point we're all trying to make here is that you need a better basic understanding of the Odds.

Taking an example from above: Villain has 7 6. Suited or offsuit makes no difference.

With a Pair + the OESF Draw, you are a 55% favorite on the Flop even though Villain has Top Two.

Whether you ultimately win or lose this hand, you cannot pass up opportunities like this. You're the favorite and you're getting 1.77:1 Pot Odds. Poker doesn't get any better than that.