I was the one playing the hand.


I was sitting next to a friend who plays in the Mirage 5-10 Kill O/8 game for a living. FWIW, he said afterwards that there is no way I can bet the river. His thinking was that since I have the nut flush and the guy called the turn when the board paired and the low draw was dead, it is hard to see him calling the river with a small flush. If I keep betting. I will however get called and frequently raised by a bigger full house, and every single full house is a bigger full house. Filling up really didn't improve me since the difference between the nut flush and the smallest full house is zero. Therefore you check to get a worse hand to bet, and to avoid getting raised. Few to zero worse hands will call a river bet.


I freely admit that I am a rank novice (about 20 hours of O8 ) in this game, so it is important to note that what I typed above is what he told me afterwards and not my thoughts. But he makes a lot of sense. I guess thats why he's able to pay the bills from this game.