Pot Equity and flush draw

[bozlax]

Only worry about what's in the pot when you're deciding if you should call or fold. If you're deciding when to raise (or open-bet) you have to compare the equity your hand has (35% for the NFD on the flop) to the number of players in the hand with you...you want the percentage of the money you're putting into the pot to be lower than your pot equity, so in this case you want to be sure there will be at least 2 other players in the pot with you (or that you'll drive everybody out). Since the bet came from your immediate right, your best chance is to call that bet and hope that a couple of other players ride along with you.

Ok, what if the BB checked the flop instead of bet, should I bet then? Also, was checking the turn correct?

[aces_dad]

If checked to you on the flop, betting it is right. In this hand, what you don't want to do is face a smallish field with 2 cold. If you had a bet and at least one caller already is when you can consider raising. In late position with a bet and 2+ callers and it's a value raise.

Taking the free card on the turn is the right move here. While you raised the flop thinking it was for equity, that may have well been why you got checked to on the turn, so take the free card and complete the flush.

[bozlax]

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Ok, what if the BB checked the flop instead of bet, should I bet then? Also, was checking the turn correct?

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Absolutely bet if checked to on this flop, unless you have a read that the player on your left is aggressive postflop, in which case you don't want to risk betting and having HIM raise and face the field with two (in that case I'd check to him, and raise when it came back around to me). You don't want this flop to check through, though, your draw is too strong.

(I see by looking back that your read on MP2 is TPA...depending on how aggro you've seen him be, you might be able to go for the check-raise if checked to.)

Depending on how tight BB is, I might fire again when checked to on the turn...but your FE is probably pretty low against a TPP that bet into you on the flop. I don't think it's a huge mistake either way but, personally, I'd probably bet/call that turn.