Flush hitting situation that comes up very often...

[kurosh]

You have TPTK with 2 flush cards on the flop in first position. You make a decent bet and one caller. Turn makes the flush possible. What do you do?

I have a major problem here with getting bluffed out. If I bet and they reraise or they call and reraise on the river, I nearly always fold. Of course when I bet on the turn and river, even when I do fold I lose a significant amount of money/chips because I'm making pot-sized bets. What's the best course of action against an unknown player?

Also, what if you have better than TPTK but not better than a flush? Does that change anything?

[soah]

Have you considered checking?

You'll often hear it said that one pair is likely to win a small pot or lose a big one. So why do you keep inflating the pot size as much as possible?

[kurosh]

Because whenever I check the other guy seems to take it as an invitation to bet and bluff at me.

[cockandbull]

If you bet the flop on the turn and are reraised out you fold, if you bet the turn and villian bet thes river you fold. You lose a pot bet either time.

If you bet the flop, and check the turn. Then you call the pot bet on the river, you see a showdown for the same amount.

Which would you prefer.

laters

harry

[xerostar]

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If you bet the flop, and check the turn. Then you call the pot bet on the river, you see a showdown for the same amount.


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He said first position, so if he checks the turn he's complaining about the bet into him in the river...

Overall, this is a lesson about position. If you're sb (first position like you said) there should be a very limited amount of hands that you should be willing to bet on the turn.

Lets say you complete with K10o,and hit a 10 5 2 with a flush draw on the board. Bet a decent amount on the flop, but if you get called be VERY careful what you do with the turn card. He could be calling with several things - flush/straight draw, 10 with a lower kicker, a 5 or a 2. Here reads are very important, but since you might not have any, you're out of position, and hence, should be very willing to give up the pot. I don't think you should worry about losing $5-7 from a bluff, you're targetting the pushes. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[amoeba]

you can try a half pot blocking bet on the turn.