Caller with flush draw -- typical?

Borno · #1 02-12-2005, 01:44 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, 1$ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

SB ($63.9)
BB ($35)
UTG ($63.85)
Hero ($50)
Button ($158.25)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.5. Hero posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $1, Hero (poster) checks, 1 fold, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($4) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets $1, BB folds, UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $7, SB calls $6, UTG calls $6.

Turn: ($25) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $5, Hero raises to $22, SB folds, UTG calls $17.

River: ($69) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: $107

UTG hits flush on the river and busts Hero

PoBoy321 · #2 02-12-2005, 01:47 PM

What were his hole cards? If he had something like QT [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] he still had a fair amount of equity with the gutshot straight/flush/over card draws.

BTW, yes it's typical of weak players to call all-ins with weak draws, but you played it fine, so I really don't see what the question is.

Borno · #3 02-12-2005, 01:50 PM

He had Q 2 of diamonds. Which in my mind is moronic.

Also, he bet $25 on the end that I called. Was that right?

Also, was my $17 raise on the turn enough?

PoBoy321 · #4 02-12-2005, 01:55 PM

oh, ok. the converter screwed up. It doesn't include any river action.

Now that I look at it, you should have raised more on the turn, at least to $25 or $30. Given that the pot would be bloated and you would have to call most bets if a diamond hit, you're giving him the right implied odds if he can get you to call a smallish bet on the river.