Flopped flush. Did I make enough money?

ThePimpulator · #1 08-30-2004, 02:13 AM

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks,

Flop: (5 SB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, MP2 calls, Button folds, SB folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: 4.50 BB
Main Pot: 3.50 BB, won by Hero.
Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to Hero.

Results in white below: 
No showdown. Hero wins 4.50 BB. 

Could I have played it differently? Tried to check/raise the field on the flop maybe?

Fnord · #2 08-30-2004, 02:22 AM

With a scary mono-tone flop and no aggression shown pre-flop this gets checked through rather often if you don't bet out.

Piiop · #3 08-30-2004, 02:48 AM

Giving free cards is bad when you're hand is vulnerable. You played it fine.

ThePimpulator · #4 08-30-2004, 04:00 AM

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Giving free cards is bad when you're hand is vulnerable. You played it fine.

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Is my hand really that vulnerable? What am I protecting my hand against? The ace or queen of spades wont fold will it? So is it a crime to let try to let someone make a second best hand here by letting it check round? Its a small pot also.
If, however, I checked the flop and the next player bet I would of course c/r the field.

Fnord · #5 08-30-2004, 04:12 AM

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Is my hand really that vulnerable? What am I protecting my hand against? The ace or queen of spades wont fold will it?

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An A or Q of spades might raise you! Protecting isn't just about folding out worse hands, it's about making them pay to outdraw you.

balkii · #6 08-30-2004, 04:43 AM

What am I protecting my hand against?

heres the thing: betting isn't just for protecting your hand! Its also for VALUE, which is something you make a ton of when you get called down by hands that are drawing dead against you, which will routinely happen on this board.