Lost with a Lower Flush... Bad Play or Just Poker?

Hello All. Thank you for reading my thread. I just joined the community as I get back into poker and take my game seriously.

Today was a rough day for me and I got wiped out of my cash game, $1/3 NL. Pretty aggressive table with respect to bet sizes.

I was hoping you all could give me advice as I second guess the hand myself.

My Hand: 6c7c, on the button.

Few calls around to me, I raise to $8.

Under the Gun (UTG) calls my raise, Cutoff (CO) calls the raise.

Flop: 7s 3c 5c

UTG bets $20. CO Calls $20. I call $20.

Turn: 9c.
UTG bets $30, CO calls $30, I raise to $75. Both players call.

River: As.
UTG Check. CO Check; I bet $115.
UTG Calls. CO Raises all in (another ~$175 for me). I call.

I reveal 6c7c flush.
UTG Mucks
CO reveals KcJc.

I gave a thought to folding here, but just couldn't. I figured a straight, or less likely a set, was in his range.

All thoughts and commentary on the gameplay is helpful.

Well the glaring issue I see here is playing 76s. Yes you were in the button but you already had limpers before you, so that means they something. I like to open the pot from LP with this type of hand cause really the only way it wins is with a straight or flush. Other than that it looks like you played it pretty good after the flop and then just got beat by the better flush (going back to not playing 76s in a multiway pot).

You can play 76s in a multi way pot. You just gotta be ready to fold it in the right circumstances.

Remember the more people in the pot, the bigger your hand needs to be to win on average. When you are three way to the river and someone is RAISING you. It's highly likely that they have a higher flush. Unless villain is a complete maniac you should be able to fold to the river raise 3 handed.

Cooler, move along.

Raise the turn enough to shove the river.

thatguy6793 said:

Well the glaring issue I see here is playing 76s. Yes you were in the button but you already had limpers before you, so that means they something. I like to open the pot from LP with this type of hand cause really the only way it wins is with a straight or flush. Other than that it looks like you played it pretty good after the flop and then just got beat by the better flush (going back to not playing 76s in a multiway pot).

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Because 67s only really wins with straights and flushes, that's largely the reason why it is good to play multi way. You either flop a lot of equity and can proceed, or you don't and you can get away from it.

It turned out OP did hit his flush, anyway. I think this is just a cooler, hard to put another player on a higher flush. I think folding here is definitely -EV overall.

100 bb deep it's a cooler, don't think you can't go broke here. 200bb deep or more, I would get worry at some point.