anybody make this call?

[boondockst]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.10 BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($12.55)
SB ($4.90)
BB ($4.90)
UTG ($4.40)
Hero ($4.65)
UTG+2 ($7.33)
MP1 ($1.49)
MP2 ($4.75)
MP3 ($10.52)
CO ($5)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls $0.10, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.45</font>, UTG+2 calls $0.45, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.45, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls $0.40, BB folds, UTG calls $0.35.

Flop: ($2.35) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $0.1</font>, Hero calls $0.10, UTG+2 calls $0.10, MP2 calls $0.10, SB calls $0.10.

Turn: ($2.85) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $0.1</font>, Hero calls $0.10, UTG+2 folds, MP2 calls $0.10, SB calls $0.10.

River: ($3.25) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets $3.25</font>, SB folds, UTG folds, Hero ??????

is he just going for a steal?

[amoeba]

I think I raise that flop.

I fold the river though.there are too many hands that beat you.

[boondockst]

I guess i should have realized it wasn't a steal by the pot sized bet....he showed Q9 for the straight

[Rockatansky]

You have to bet the flop. You have two overcards plus a draw to the nut flush. You are ahead more often than not; even when you're not ahead you'll hit the nut flush 1 out of 3 times.

That said, I'd fold to the river bet, although it's close - I don't think too many players would slowplay a flopped flush all the way to the river, especially when they have to fear someone else holding the A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif and hitting the nut flush.

[amoeba]

betting like that with Q9 is still a steal.

when you want to catch bluffers, make sure your hand can beat the bluff.

I think at these lower limits, players often overvalue their own hands but they don't make outrageous bluffs with nothing that often.

[boondockst]

you can't call in case he's got king weak kicker?

[amoeba]

I just don't think K weak kicker calls that preflop bet and calls that flop. maybe if he had K diamonds, he calls that flop.

But its true that I am not that familiar with these limits.

also, I don't think it happens often enough to have it be worth it.

you are going to need a K non J kicker for this call to be worth it and I don't think that happens often enough to offset the any T, any flush, Q9, AQ, JJ, 22 that beat you.

[TheWorstPlayer]

You beat K weak kicker by betting on the previous rounds, not by calling big river bets. You should bet/raise the flop.

[soah]

All you have is ace high in a five-handed pot. Raising that flop is throwing money away. You very rarely have the best hand and you very rarely will get everyone to fold.

[TheWorstPlayer]

Any A, K, Q, or diamond probably makes you the best hand.

[MarkL444]

when you fail to define your hand, it makes the later streets harder to play. raise the flop.