Weak/Tight or Good Laydown

[Cry Me A River]

Low buy-in MTT. Long and short of it - I'm big stack so I play K7s from early position and flop the flush in a multi-way pot. I bet pot to try and avoid a 4-flush situation. 1 caller. Turn makes the 4 flush. I check (ugh). Villain pushes and I lay it down.

Should I have value bet the turn even though I'm probably sunk? I'd need a helluva read to call the push.


Game #160135304: Texas Hold'em No Limit (25/50) - 2004/10/14 - 13:56:05 (EST)
Table "Tourney 153376 - 1" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 1: Squill (1855 in chips)
Seat 2: gozarion (1040 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (3680 in chips)
Seat 4: Roblun003 (1910 in chips)
Seat 5: Villain (1715 in chips)
Seat 6: Lorry111 (3905 in chips)
Seat 7: Br15k4y (1715 in chips)
Seat 9: Billzer (3685 in chips)
Seat 10: Galore sits out
Galore: posts small blind 25
Galore: folds
Galore sits back
Squill: posts big blind 50
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [6d Kd]
gozarion: calls 50
Hero: calls 50
Roblun003: calls 50
Villain: calls 50
Lorry111: folds
Br15k4y: calls 50
Billzer: calls 50
Squill: checks
----- FLOP ----- [2d 9d 3d]
Squill: checks
gozarion: checks
Hero: bets 300
Roblun003: folds
Villain: calls 300
Br15k4y: folds
Billzer: folds
Squill: folds
gozarion: folds
----- TURN ----- [2d 9d 3d][4d]
Simon2605 sits back
Hero: checks
Villain: bets 1365 and is all-in
Hero: folds
Returned uncalled bets 1,365 to Villain
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Villain: shows [9c Js] (A Pair of Nines, Jack high)
Villain collected 975 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 975 Main pot 975 | Rake 0
Board [2d 9d 3d 4d]
Seat 1: Squill (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: gozarion folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Hero folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Roblun003 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Villain showed [9c Js] and won (975) with A Pair of Nines, Jack high
Seat 6: Lorry111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Br15k4y folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Billzer (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 10: Galore (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[mdrudeen]

What scares you on this flop?

You flopped the second nut, if anything I would go half pot for a value bet. Hell I may even check hoping that villian makes the exact move that he does.

There is only one card in the deck that beats you, why in the world are you given villian credit for that one card?

[Rocaix]

Laydown there was very weak. Do you really think the villain would play the nut flush like that, especially after you've shown weakness.

I think the converse is true for me. At low buy-ins, there's no chance I lay this hand down without a heckuva read, especially since I have villain well covered.

[Cry Me A River]

Thanks guys, I pretty much felt the same but hit the eject button rather than be kicking myself for blowing off most of my stack to a fishy chasing the nut flush.

FWIW, I went on to win this one, my first MTT win (switched over from SNG's about a week ago) so it took an awful lot of the sting out of playing this hand like a puss...