No fear - Screw the flush

[Jimbobobb]

Some background, as their names suggest, Maniac_01 plays any two cards, and raises when he has *any* part of the board. Any_Ace_01 raises with any ace. Both slow down pretty fast to any kind of aggression. Was this plain stupid? At the time I thought I was correct (don't ask me how), but looking at it more, I realize I obviously wasn't thinking straight in the least when I played this hand. Just posting this to show my idiocy ;-)

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (7 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="CC3333">UTG <font color="purple">(Any_Ace_01)</font> raises</font>, MP1 <font color="purple">(Maniac_01)</font> calls, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (10 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Any_Ace_01 bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Maniac_01 raises</font>, Button calls, SB folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, Any_Ace_01 calls, Maniac_01 calls, Button calls.

Turn: (11 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Any_Ace_01 calls, Maniac_01 calls, Button calls.

River: (15 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Any_Ace_01 calls, Maniac_01 folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: 17 BB

[Peter Harris]

the flop check-3bet is odd. you're drawing to a K (not spade) and avoiding a redraw of a spade. As such, i'd fold the flop, as Any Ace should have a hand that beats you on the flop.

After you 3-bet the turn and river bets are fine. I reckon you have Any Ace trapped with AT, AJ, AK and no flush.

Regards,
Pete Harris

[PaultheS]

Preflop good, on the flop, especially with your read that UTG raises with any ace, I would be folding to that bet/raise as you don't have odds to draw to your inside straight. Anyway, given the weird flop play, the turn/river bets were good.