Paradise .05/.10 NL
I'm on the BB with 7c8c. There were five players in the hand and the pot was unraised.
The flop was 3h5c6c ($.50). I had an open-ended straight flush draw. The SB checks, and I bet $.60 and get two callers.
Turn 3c ($2.30) I made my flush, and still have a redraw to a SF if the 4c or 9c hits the board. I'm in a somewhat tough situation being UTG with a flush that's not the nuts. I got two callers, so someone could have a bigger flush, or be on a straight draw. I figure I need to make a bet to see where I stand. If I get raised here, I fold. I decided to bet $1.50, a little more than half the pot. Well the first guy folds, and the button flat calls.
River Ks ($5.30) I have about $8.50 and my sole opponent has about $3.50. My thought is that if he had a bigger flush, he would have let me know on the turn. I still want to be somewhat safe here. I don't want to commit too much money, but if my hand is good and he called this far, maybe he will keep me honest for a small bet. I bet $1, he quickly moves all-in, leaving me with a choice of calling an additional $2.50 into a $9.80 pot.
Do You call his all-in here?
What do you think he has?
Interesting. He didn't come in hard enough to have KK. He probably didn't fill up on the turn, he would have raised. If he were check-calling on the turn with a bigger flush out of fear of a full house, he wouldn't come over you on the river when you led out. I'm guessing AcKx and he's hoping you missed whatever you were drawing to. But I fear he has Kc3x, and you were beaten.
I think he slow played a set of five's or six's. Caught his boat at the turn and was letting you bet your flush to the river. A small pair wouldn't raise pre-flop but a KK would have.
Since I have been on tilt after a string of bad beats, I called his raise even though I knew I was beat. No one thought he could have had KK, but that's precisely what he had. Bruce gets the gold star because he got the Kc part right. Sneaky bastard slowplayed KK and got lucky on the river.
Even if he raised pre-flop, I would have called with my hand if his raise was less than 5% of my stack. With the open ended straight flush draw on the flop I would have leaned into him hard. I would do this because I would know he has a big pair or big slick. I want to get him heads up and shut out any other possible draws so that all my outs are good. The money would have just gone in the middle on the flop. He just happened to hit his miracle on the river.
