Flush draw

[John_Manley]

Thanks for the input. I think you have given me good advice. Unfortunately I made a big bet after the flop (1000 chips) with everyone limping in. I thought that with the ace on the board and a big bet being that I was in the blind I could steal the pot. Everyone else folded except the guy in middle position. Unfourtnuately I was reraised another 1000. I called that to see the next card which was not a spade. My gestalt was and that another big bet would win the pot right there so I made a 1000 chip bet and he then went all-in. Oops. Bad read. Real bad read. Real bad play, at least in retrospect. In retrospect I don't think he was bluffing and probably had three of a kind or two pair. I folded which left me something like 2000 chips and cripled.