2.5/5 NL Prima Hand

[Your Mom]

First, a little background. I rarely play NL - once a week online, a few times at the casino, and I used to play in a small stakes home game. Comments on all streets appreciated.

Me - 375
Button - has me covered barely, has run me off a couple of pots already where I had overcards and missed.
Everyone else - similar stack sizes

EP minraises to 10, 3 callers, I call with K8s in the cutoff, button calls, one of the blinds call.

Flop is KK8 rainbow. I tend to like this flop. Checked to me, I bet 20, button min raises me, everyone folds, I call.

Turn is A, now there's a flush draw. I check, button bets 55. I call

River is a J, completing the flush. I push.

[edge]

Don't bet 20 into a pot of 65 on the flop. Make it 50 and see if anyone has something worth playing on with.

[IamLeach]

I agree. The small bet says you have a strong hand or a weak hand, but most of the time this means a strong hand. I catch myself doing this when I flop similar cinch hands. Stick to a bet the pot betting style or close to it.

[Niwa]

Make the bet ~$50 on the flop. Just call the minraise.
Either checkraise or bet out on the turn.

[iceman5]

Like everyone said, bet more on the flop. After that you played fine, but Im not real confident in your hand at all.

He has 88 or a king and if he has a king its 50/50 whether you won or not. That A and J really suck.

[SpineyFish]

Your opponent having AK is unlikely. He would most likely raise preflop, especially with the amount of limpers that you have in that hand. However he could have a stronger K, such as KJ. I would raise on the turn at least 100. Make him pay for his boat or flush draw (I don't think he's on a flush draw). He'll most likely push all in if he has a K and then you're getting all your chips in when you're confident you're a favorite, instead of on the river, when he could have caught up to you. You only lose money if he folds a flush draw that would have hit on the river, but like I said earlier I don't think he has a flush draw.

[mindgamez_j]

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I would raise on the turn at least 100

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I too like the reraise on the turn. The check/call was weak and leaves you guessing. Reraise to 150(ish) so that he has to pay you off if he is, indeed, capable of drawing out on the river

MINDGAMEZ