Top pair good kicer, with a flush out there

plummy1013 · #1 10-12-2005, 10:46 PM

No reads as of yet. I'll ask my questions about the hand after you have seen what happened.

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises, 3 folds, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (10.40 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (7.20 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 raises, Hero calls, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls.

River: (14.20 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 14.20 BB

Results in white below: 
UTG+1 has Jc Jh (flush, king high).
MP2 has 7s 7h (three of a kind, sevens).
Hero has Th Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 14.20 BB. 

My question is, should I have checked the turn? Or once I was check raised should I have folded? I was planning on folding to a bet on the river, but as you can see one never came. Comments on the rest of the hand are welcome. Thanks in advance for your help.

-Plummy1013

Webster · #2 10-12-2005, 11:09 PM

Don't be afraid of the flush . . . until the river and then freak out (as you did).

You did what you could

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plummy1013 · #3 10-12-2005, 11:25 PM

Thanks for the advice. I guess I have to start posting more interesting hands.

-Plummy1013

gopnik · #4 10-12-2005, 11:30 PM

betting the turn is fine. Pot is kinda too big to fold although I'd fold it if I had a decent read on the villain.