fish donkbets my flush on the turn...was I correct to raise?

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Just for the record, I'm loving the flop raise.

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That's too bad, because it kinda sucks.

Preflop is fine. Call the flop. Raise the turn.

Rob

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A flop raise isnt that horrible is it? Theres a good chance button will cold call, and we'll be getting 3:1 on our bet when we have about 33% equity. At worst, button folds, we don't get a free card, and our flop raise was slightly -EV.

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At worst, Button folds, you get 3-bet, UTG+1 folds, you call, and lose everyone else.

"Me have flush draw me raise" is a mantra repeated too often around here, and while overs+flush is often a great draw worthy of raising in a multiway pot, when you've only got one caller and a PFR who bet into 7 people after raising from the SB on a J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] board, 43s ain't too pretty. You're gonna need to hit your flush to win and even then you aren't winning nearly as much as you'd like.

Free card plays are overused on this forum. You need to re-evaluate preflop action, flop action, and the quality of the board before considering plays like this.

Rob