well played? or just lucky?

[DONKEYJAWS]

.50/1 blinds NLHE
i've got KTs ([img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]) from the button. it gets to me with 3 callers, i call, the SB calls, and the BB checks. flop comes with a small pair and 1 heart. its checked to me and i bluff into the table. 2 call to me. turn comes another heart, once again checked to me. im not at a very good table, so i dont think im getting check raised. the two could be staying in with trips, or even just two overcards. i semi bluff, and only get one caller this time. the river is another heart. the board is now 3 hearts, a small pair, and 9 high. hooray for runner runner to give me the flush. its checked to me. i bet, he calls, i turn over the flush and take down the pot. naturally he's prety upset that i ran out the backdoor with the hand.

i cant question that i got extremely lucky on the river, but what about before that point. i managed to push out most of the table... should i have bet bigger on the turn to try to buy it?

how would you have played this hand?

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Betting the flop into that many players was wrong, you've got nothing and virtually no chance for everyone to fold. True, you did have overcards, but for a bet to be a semi-bluff there must be some chance of everyone folding. I'd have checked and taken the free card on the flop. That would have set you up for a better opportunity to semi-bluff bet (or possibly raise) the turn, tho doing so was not automatic by any means.

[Aragorn]

I agree totally. The flop bet makes no sense.