Flopped a set, turn has a flush, river gives me the boat.

[Reqtech]

4-tabling. No major reads on villian except that he has roughly 25% VP$IP based solely off of GT+

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.



Flop: (7 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button folds.

Is there any way I could've protected my hand on the flop? My thinking when getting a set is ram and jam.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Didn't want to see a club. The raise put me in calldown mode.

River: (13.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 folds, Hero ???

Manna from heaven! A boat. But I got raised again, could he have a higher boat? What should I do?

Final Pot: 17.50 BB

[cockandbull]

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Hero ???


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raises imo

best,

harry

[bigmac366]

3-bet and call a cap. more often than not he has a club flush. if he flopped a higher set or 2 pr, he wouldve raised the flop. if he turned 2 pr i doubt he wouldve raised out of fear of the flush. post results after you get more feedback plz.

[Greg J]

Easy river 3 bet.

[VBM]

3-bets. he's probably got the nut-flush and thinks you have the other A. make him eat it...

[tiltaholic]

3-bet and call a 4-bet.

first of all, you are behind exactly 5 hands - AA, 88, A9, A8, A4. AA and A4 are unlikely (no pf raise, and you know where 3 of the 4s are). so you are behind 3 realistic hands. if he had 2 pair on the flop, he'd probably raise, so you are behind 2 likely hands. raise.

and the extra callers are padding the pot for you.

gambool!

[Reqtech]

<font color="white">MP1 has A9 and takes the pot. </font>

Thanks for the feedback. It seems like I'm getting my low pair boats getting cracked by higher cards (non pocket pair) every so often, so I got a little gunshy. Even though I lost the pot, I should've 3-betted.

[jskills]

I'd raise for value on the river. It's likely you're facing a flush or a set of Aces.

[jskills]

Agreed. You played it well. A9o is a hand a lot of people aren't even going play, especially in middle position. A9s is another thing, and in that case, you got sucked out by the last ace. Flopping a set is usually an extremely strong, sneaky, and profitable hand.

Side note:
I was mutli-tabling the other day and got 4's on one table and jacks on the other. Flopped sets on both at the same time [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] The betting ensued, only to lose to a flush on the river on BOTH hands. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

What can you do?