Nut flush/Nut low draw on paired flop.

[Baseballer02]

Only played about 20 hands with villain here, and his stack was pretty much right where it was when I sat at the table. Seems like he's seeing a lot of flops, so I'm not sure if he got his stack by playing well or catching well.

$100 PL OmahaHiLo - Tuesday, October 18, 14:01:37 EDT 2005
Table Table 66040 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Bunny_HopHop ( $130.65 )
Seat 2: merzavets ( $566.23 )
Seat 4: hersom ( $116.83 )
Seat 6: SilkSmoke ( $83.84 )
Seat 7: thejester972 ( $93.70 )
Seat 10: buylow ( $35.75 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $182.10 )
Seat 5: fabfive04 ( $36.35 )
Seat 8: dscar ( $70.05 )
Seat 3: texas_great ( $42.65 )
dscar posts small blind [$0.50].
Hero posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 3c 2h 6d Ac ]
buylow folds.
Bunny_HopHop folds.
merzavets raises [$3.50].
texas_great folds.
hersom folds.
fabfive04 folds.
SilkSmoke folds.
thejester972 folds.
dscar calls [$3].
Hero raises [$13].
merzavets calls [$10.50].
dscar calls [$10.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 5c, 5d ]
>You have options at Table 68569 Table!.
dscar checks.
Hero bets [$39.90].
merzavets raises [$159.60].
dscar folds.
Hero ?????


Should I have just checked the flop, or do I have equity here?

[emptyshell]

You have small amount of equity against trips and in bad shape against a made boat. There's a pretty significant chance he's making a move, though, since stacks that big are usually built through reckless play. I think I'd push here.

[Wintermute]

I recognize this player--he's a bit loose preflop and definitely has LAG tendencies postflop. With that in mind, I think the reraise preflop from the big blind is a mistake. A236 is a great hand, but you're going to put yourself in a tough situation unless three to a low come or you flop a wrap of some kind. It's a hand that has bettability/callability in a relatively small pot, but not one you will frequently be wanting to get all-in on the flop with. Plus, A23 is a good one to have disguised.

Anyway, given that you got things going preflop and then led at the flop, I'd lean towards calling here and hope to catch the club and/or a low. You've got nearly 2:1 odds, I think you have to take it (although A25 is the most likely hand you're going to see here, so a low card other than A/2 is probably still going to get you quartered).

[Baseballer02]

dscar folds.
Hero calls [$119.70].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
Hero is all-In.
merzavets calls [$8.50].
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
Hero shows [ 3c, 2h, 6d, Ac ] a flush, ace high.
Hero shows 8,7,5,2,A for low.
merzavets shows [ Ad, 7c, 2c, Js ] a flush, queen high.
Hero shows 8,7,5,2,A for low.
Hero wins $187.60 from the main pot with a flush, ace high with ace kicker.
Hero wins Lo ($93.80) from the main pot with 8,7,5,2,A.
merzavets wins Lo ($93.80) from the main pot with 8,7,5,2,A.