[amoeba]

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actually that weak turn lead looks just like someone trying to price themselves into the flush draw in the hopes that you won't raise the turn bet. There is no way i'd play a flopped straight this way on that board....i guess a donkey would.

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while I agree with your assessment on the turn bet, I'm curious to know why you think the flop action with a flopped straight is bad?

lead in to preflop raiser for 2/3 pot with the flopped straight on a K high board where I very well might get raised? seems pretty good to me.

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Sure leading into the preflop raiser is fine....but once you get raised then I'd either repop the flop or lead the turn for a lot more than 1/5 the pot...don't you agree? If I had flopped the straight I'd probably reraise the flop on this board....at a minimum i'd near pot the turn.

Edit - seems this is amoeba's day to disagree with everything I say.

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hahaha. no I didn't mean it that way. I started it with I agree with your assessment.

I think smoothcalling the flop raise is ok. some might try to checkraise the turn with a straight or set because there is a 2 flush board so the chances of hero checking the turn through is less likely. my guess was if he had the straight, hes still semi afraid of a check through, so he underbets the turn hoping for either a raise or a call which will inflate the pot enough to make the river push unfoldable.

I guess I'm just saying its not that donkish of a move.

didn't mean to come off confrontational.