RESULTS and my reasoning
3rd is an easy obvious raise.
On 4th I want to get the 3rd player out, and while the bettor has caught a scare card his diamonds and tens are already pretty dead.
On 5th it would be hard to put him on 2 pair. Aces seem possible, but there are some questions: why would he call with a dead ten showing and an ace down? why bet out but not 3-bet on 4th, AND not try for checkraise on 5th?
On 6th, I've seen 8 diamonds, but my opponent only knows that I've seen 6. Given the strength I've shown, wouldn't he at least think about checkraising here if he actually had the flush? I still think he's just trying to get me to laydown (I think this happens a lot more at the 20 game than the lower games). And of course I can take the free showdown...
7th: Oops, forgot the free showdown.
Luckily he just called, but unluckily he had made aces up on the river. From the e-mailed hand history: [ Ts 4d Td Ad 4s 5d Ah ] He later confirmed that he caught the ace on the river, for those of you who don't trust the hand histories. He even complimented me on my read, was he blowing smoke up my [censored]?
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