A Big Mistake in Hand/Reading !?

[BB King's]

*****

[davidross]

Assuming none of the others are awful, I'd put the limper on a 9, but not a full house since he just called the river raise. I'd put the button a flush. It could easily get capped on the flop as one pushes his trips and the other builds the 3 way pot for his flush draw. On the turn the limper is now afraid of 66 or a better 9.

But, having said all that, not sure i'd be confident enough to re-raise the river.

Off to check the results.

Irresepctive of the results, you opponents only need not have a full house or straight flush 2 out of 17 times for your call to be poisitve EV. 17 - 1 with the nut flush- they won't always have a boat or straight flush. I call, and while expecting to lose more often than not, I would certainly expect to win enough to make this a very positive EV call.

[eMarkM]

I don't think you need to fear a boat once the turn gets checked around. Certainly not the button, no need to fear him. Someone with a big hand would have bet that. Surprised no one bet to at least make the flush draw pay. One of them has a 9, no doubt, but no boat.

I'd raise on the river, I think you're good.

[thesparc]

My mistake, I must have skipped past the sentence where you said the turn was checked around, so I thought the river you described was actually the turn. You are right, if this is the river play I don't think the button is full.
You probably have the best hand, and my guess is the button has a straight or a lower flush. What were the results?

[DJA]

I would definitely bet out on the turn when it was checked to me. If I was check raised or raised I would have to know my opponent well not to reraise most of the time.

My actions on the river would depend on what happened on the turn.

Just My Thoughts,

[BB King's]

RIVER: [ 6h 9h 9s 8c ] [ 5h ]

The limper bets - I call - the button raises - the limper calls - and I call.

The button lost [ 8h Kh ] (flush)
The limper lost [ 9d Td ] (three of a kind)
BB King's won [ Jh Ah ] (flush)

Quite some posters got that. Good going !

Thanks !