ITM FTP $11 - 4 flush on flop

[pokerdirty]

Seat 4: Hero (3,055)
Seat 8: Douche (4,080)
Seat 9: Villian(6,365)

Hero posts the small blind of 60
Douche posts the big blind of 120

The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [A/images/graemlins/heart.gif 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif]
Villain raises to 240
Hero calls 180
Douche folds
*** FLOP *** [3/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif]
Hero bets 400
Villian raises to 6,125, and is all in
Hero ?

This is the 3rd time villian has done the push all in thing to a flop bet, in probably the last 10-15 hands.

Should I have RR preflop, or is calling ok?
Should I have checked the flop, or is the bet ok?
Should I call the all in, or should I fold?

Learning every day,

P. Dirty

[pokerdirty]

I'm guessing by lack of responses, this is your way of saying easy call, or "we don't like you. go away"?

[tigerite]

I wouldn't have bet, but rather check-raised all-in. His push is a bit weird, and probably means he has rubbish, but the blinds are only 60/120 and your stack is huge, so it's probably better to just fold here. I might also re-raise preflop, depends on the villain.

[pooh74]

If villain has been limping a lot and seems pretty loose overall, then a RR pf is definitely in order, mainly because of your postflop postion and your relative hand strength. IOW, you stand to have the better hand now, but OOP on a flop with A7 can be tricky.

As far as the flop I like the CR as well. Villain could be doing this with nothing, a lone h drawing to a loser, some sort of pair K or other where you arent that far behind if at all...But given the stack depth and slow increasing blinds at FTP (?right?) you might find yourself a better spot against such agro flop players.

hope this helps...if you need any GT advice feel free to post here as well.

[pokerdirty]

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Thanks pal. This would be like Tiger Woods asking David Duval for help today.

As for the hand itself, I did end up calling, which I think was a good move, I had the A high flush draw, + an overcard. Or so I though. Villian turned over AA. After doing a little math, and using the odds calc, I was still 35-65 (1.85:1) to win the hand, and was getting 2.53:1 to call.

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