Bet this river?

[Nutz&Boltz]

Party 1-2 I have no reads on these players. Only that the table is averaging 8bb per pot which is good for the mostly tight party 1-2 games.
Hero is in MP3 w/ A spades Q hearts

UTG limps, Hero raises, CO calls, Button calls, Blinds fold, UTG calls

Flop (4 players and 4BB) K /images/graemlins/club.gif,3 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif,T /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO checks, Button Checks
I usually will not bet the flop in this situation with 3 or more opponents. Weak-Tight?

Turn:(still 4 players and 4BB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif
checked around. 4-1 odds to bluff, bet?

River:(still 4 players and 4BB) J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
This gives me a st8 but someone could have a flush. With no one showing any aggression I think me st8 is good. I bet and you guessed it Button raises. I call. He shows 9 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif for the flush.

Bet river? Call raise?

My game has many leaks lately, any comments are greatly appreciated.

[thirddan]

since nobody bet the flop i would bet the turn...betting the river is fine, if you routinely check this kind of hand for fear of the flush i suspect you are losing a significant amount of money...

i also don't think that 3betting this river is out of the question...

[bisonbison]

Bet the flop, check or bet the turn, bet the river.

The flush is there a fraction of the time. You must bet the river.

How can you fear the flush when there has been absolutely no postflop action to this point?


Fear not the flush.