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I guess my main question is can you put somebody on a straight flush on the end there? I checked the flop trying to get some action and hopefully check raise someone and with the 2 high cards I felt safer doing that. I actually thought that she might have that hand on the end but at these limits with the stupidity level fairly high I felt there was a better chance they were fighting for a low. A lot of the players at this level are terrified to bet a low till the end when they know they got it. I guess an argument can be made against the check on the flop but as long as your wary of the board pairing I think it's ok. So I guess that's it. Any analysis is welcomed. Thank You.



Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: xxxx ( $40.73)
Seat 2: dtc1126 ( $6.52)
Seat 3: Johan ( $19.86)
Seat 4: Snow1drop ( $38.37)
Seat 5: MouseOnMars ( $40.64)
Seat 7: TAKEaSHOWER ( $23.65)
Seat 8: AmourOfGod ( $32.30)
Seat 9: PickUpEwing ( $24.75)
Seat 10: Therabbit555 ( $37.26)
MouseOnMars posts small blind (0.10)
AmourOfGod posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to xxxx [ As, Tc, Jc, Js ]
PickUpEwing calls (0.25)
Therabbit555 calls (0.25)
xxxx calls (0.25)
dtc1126 calls (0.25)
Johan folds.
Snow1drop calls (0.25)
MouseOnMars calls (0.15)
AmourOfGod checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9s, Qs, 6s ]
MouseOnMars checks.
AmourOfGod checks.
PickUpEwing checks.
Therabbit555 checks.
xxxx checks.
dtc1126 checks.
Snow1drop checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4h ]
MouseOnMars checks.
AmourOfGod checks.
PickUpEwing checks.
Therabbit555 checks.
xxxx bets (1)
dtc1126 folds.
Snow1drop calls (1)
MouseOnMars folds.
AmourOfGod folds.
PickUpEwing folds.
Therabbit555 calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ 8s ]
Therabbit555 bets (4.55)
xxxx raises (18.20) to 18.20
Snow1drop raises (37.12) to 37.12
Snow1drop is all-In.
Therabbit555 calls (31.46)
Therabbit555 is all-In.
xxxx calls (18.92)
Creating Main Pot with $109.78 with Therabbit555
Creating Side Pot 1 with $2.22 with Snow1drop
** Summary **
Main Pot: $109.78 | Side Pot 1: $2.22 | | Rake: $3
Board: [ 9s Qs 6s 4h 8s ]
xxxx balance $2.36, lost $38.37 [ As Tc Jc Js ] [ a flush, ace high with ace kicker -- As,Qs,Js,9s,8s ]
dtc1126 balance $6.27, lost $0.25 (folded)
Johan balance $19.86, didn't bet (folded)
Snow1drop balance $57.11, bet $38.37, collected $57.11, net +$18.74 [ 5s 5h 6c 7s ] [ LO: 8,7,6,5,4 | HI: a straight flush, nine high -- 9s,8s,7s,6s,5s ]
MouseOnMars balance $40.39, lost $0.25 (folded)
pjotdott balance $25, sits out
TAKEaSHOWER balance $23.65, sits out
AmourOfGod balance $32.05, lost $0.25 (folded)
PickUpEwing balance $24.50, lost $0.25 (folded)
Therabbit555 balance $54.89, bet $37.26, collected $54.89, net +$17.63 [ Ad 2h 2s 4s ] [ LO: 8,6,4,2,A | HI: a flush, queen high -- Qs,9s,8s,4s,2s ]

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I've got news for you, the person with the baby flush would probably have called anyway and hit the straight flush on the end. I think you have to lose it all this hand. Worry more about common hands than you do about straight flush vs. nut flush and quads vs. top full. The bets you miss worrying about freak hands will probably cost you more than you save when the freak hands do happen. Worry about underfulls vs overfulls and top set vs nice low/straight draws. Especially at this level where people often overplay underfulls and smallish flushes since they are recent holdem converts testing the waters.