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JulieK
Rock Star
Silver Level
I play small stakes at bodog, where there is a bonus (50BBs) for hitting a royal flush. I limped in on the button, behind three other limpers, with QJ hearts and the blinds called. The flop brought AT5 of hearts; giving me the second nuts and leaving me two draws at one out for the royal. 6BBs in the pot, I don't want to bet everybody out and not get the draws, so I call a minbet from the player on my right. One other player calls, so now it's 9BBs in the pot.
The turn brings another ten. The guy on my right bets 5BB, I call, and the other player folds. The turn comes another ten, and I lose my last 18BBs to Ax.
On reflection, I think I probably should have tried to buy the pot after the turn. The EV of winning the bonus was only about 1/25 to win 50BB. Now, I'm thinking that I should have tried to buy it on the flop, comparing the EV of winning 6BBs to the EV of hitting the bonus.
On the other hand, I had a possible EV of winning the bonus, and a big hand, if I called the flop and saw the river. It was pretty unlikely that the board would give somebody a better hand. So, trying to buy the hand post-flop seems like it would have been wasting a good opportunity to win a big hand.
So, my conclusion is that the best way to play this hand would have been to push (or bet half my stack) after the turn.
The turn brings another ten. The guy on my right bets 5BB, I call, and the other player folds. The turn comes another ten, and I lose my last 18BBs to Ax.
On reflection, I think I probably should have tried to buy the pot after the turn. The EV of winning the bonus was only about 1/25 to win 50BB. Now, I'm thinking that I should have tried to buy it on the flop, comparing the EV of winning 6BBs to the EV of hitting the bonus.
On the other hand, I had a possible EV of winning the bonus, and a big hand, if I called the flop and saw the river. It was pretty unlikely that the board would give somebody a better hand. So, trying to buy the hand post-flop seems like it would have been wasting a good opportunity to win a big hand.
So, my conclusion is that the best way to play this hand would have been to push (or bet half my stack) after the turn.