So I didn't know my results until the end - and the happy surprise was +106 big blinds. Nice!
Gotta question for the readers - how do you play a good draw out of position, when you don't know if your opponent is going to fold?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
BB: $4.00
UTG: $10.53 (Hero)
UTG+1: $15.37
CO: $3.62
Button: $9.80 Very few reads. 6 hands of history, he has raised 3 of them. No postflop stats.
SB: $38.39
Preflop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with


Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Button calls $0.30, 2 folds
Flop: ($0.75)



Hero bets $0.40, Button raises to $0.80, Hero calls $0.40
The dreaded minraise. He's probably not playing 6-8, but who knows, he's on the button. He could have 2 pair or a set, or maybe top pair like T9/J9. He could have an overpair like TT/JJ. He could even have the nine of hearts and another heart for a pair/flush draw combo. Anyway, there are enough strong hands he can have that won't fold to my shove, so shoving just feels like flipping a coin for a stack, no? I decide to call the minraise (4.9:1 odds, enough to draw to the flush, a bigger overlay if my overcard outs are good).
Turn: ($2.35)

Hero checks, Button bets $1.70, Hero calls $1.70
2:38:1 odds now. Good enough to call if all my outs are good, possible implied odds as well.
River: ($5.75)

Hero checks, Button checks
Hero mucked


Button showed


Button won $5.37
(Rake: $0.38)
As it turns out, my overcard outs were good. If he was a good player, he probably folds to a flop shove (UTG raiser all in on flop looks like an overpair to me), but I didn't have any numbers in my HUD as to his aggression, so I reverted to playing passively. He didn't bet enough to deny me odds to any of my draws (including top pair draws), so I didn't play this hand "incorrectly" as it were, though I certainly didn't play it optimally.
What do you do? Do you just see "woohoo, flush draw + overcards!" and stick the money in? Or do you try and decide on the fly if your villain's ability to fold will turn this from a coin flip to a clearly profitable play?
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