A Small Flush Gone Awry

DrPublo · #1 04-23-2005, 11:55 AM

I had been running pretty card dead, so my image must be tighter than a 12 yr old girl. Do I call?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (8 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($30.52)
Hero ($106.75)
UTG ($351.45)
UTG+1 ($72.35)
MP1 ($120.65)
MP2 ($155.4)
CO ($146.19)
Button ($101.1)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($3) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, MP1 calls $2, SB folds.

Turn: ($7) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks.

River: ($7) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $3, Hero raises to $15, MP1 raises to $45, Hero?

I'm not sure I can put him on a hand I'm beating. At the same time, I don't need the nuts to call here. I'm not sure what the dividing line is between calling and folding.

All comments welcome.

The Doc

TrailofTears · #2 04-23-2005, 12:14 PM

The way the betting went in this hand, and the 3bet on the river sure look like you caught an ass-flush here. I'd lay it down, as it's too expensive a price to pay here. I might call a min-raise, but I don't even know about that. Any reads on villain, and how is your image at the table, other than "tighter than a 12-year old girl"?

-Trail

-Skeme- · #3 04-23-2005, 12:17 PM

You aren't really beating anything. I fold this. A similar situation happened to me earlier. I flopped the smallest flush against the nut flush against another flush. It wasn't pretty.

DrPublo · #4 04-23-2005, 12:20 PM

Do you like checking the turn or betting the turn?

The Doc

-Skeme- · #5 04-23-2005, 12:24 PM

I check without a read.