Flopped flush low

[bubbasbestbabe]

Mixed bag at table. Seat 3 has been big aggressor through match.

pokerstars Game #8766923294: Tournament #44613677, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/03/06 - 11:59:23 (ET)
Table '44613677 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: GodzGift23 (1360 in chips)
Seat 3: Leeyuenkam (1995 in chips)
Seat 4: SUAN53 (1345 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: klitkat (1415 in chips)
Seat 6: martina62 (4595 in chips)
Seat 8: bedo46 (1340 in chips)
Seat 9: MYSTICROCK (1450 in chips) is sitting out
klitkat: posts small blind 15
martina62: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to klitkat [3h 2h]
bedo46: folds
MYSTICROCK: folds
GodzGift23: calls 30
Leeyuenkam: calls 30
SUAN53: folds
klitkat: calls 15
martina62: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 7h Th]

 

[TheRifle]

Check. You surely would not consider betting here?

 

[tosborn]

I would check this. If someone bets more than 3BB before the turn, I'm gone. Too much danger. If no one bets and the turn comes OS I might make a 5-6xBB bet. I can try to price out the draws at this point. Reads are very important with a hand like this. I wouldn't be willing to put much into the pot unless I had a good read on the table.

 

[bubbasbestbabe]

Why not?

 

[TheRifle]

4 players in the mix including you. Unless you bet massive here sugggesting you have a heart suited ace or the str8 flush, you are going to be called by anyone with the Jack of hearts plus and possibly/probably anyone with a str8 draw, not to mention re-raised by anyone with 2 higher hearts,say J+.

I would suggest check, see what the action was, and be prepared to bet on the turn.

 

[bubbasbestbabe]

Didn't take your advice here. Villian has been a big aggressor during game so I was pretty confident he didn't have any heart.

*** FLOP *** [9h 7h Th]
SUAN53 is connected
SUAN53 has returned
klitkat: bets 60
martina62: folds
GodzGift23: folds
Leeyuenkam: calls 60
*** TURN *** [9h 7h Th] 8♦

 

[TheRifle]

OK. So your bet got rid of two who probably didn't have hearts.

Are the alarm bells ringing because villain hasn't re-raised you? It looks to me he has some sort of a draw or is laying a trap.

 

[NineLions]

I don't get the point of not betting the flop.

If you don't bet, are you going to just wait and wait, calling only those bets that don't look like a higher flush? That works well for someone sitting there with Jh. I can see that with 4 seeing the flop, once you bet and someone calls, the next person gets better pot odds, so if say one person has a made straight or two pair and they call, they give the following person pot odds to call with just a single high heart.

I think a 1/2 pot bet at the flop, to eliminate those who have nothing and hope that someone doesn't call and give a later position pot odds to call as well.

With one player left at the turn, another 1/2 pot bet to make the remaining player make a mistake if he's still drawing to a higher flush.

If your read on the player is good and he isn't likely to have a heart, then hopefully he was chasing a straight and has hit. If he's aggressive as you say, he may re-raise and you're in great shape, but that'll hinge on your read.

 

[bubbasbestbabe]

Ok I was pretty confident that he didn't have the heart. But now with the str8 draw I knew he was going to bet. I just had to bait the hook.



*** TURN *** [9h 7h Th] [8d]
klitkat: bets 90
Leeyuenkam: calls 90
*** RIVER *** [9h 7h Th 8d] [Td]
klitkat: bets 120
Leeyuenkam: raises 120 to 240
klitkat: raises 120 to 360
Leeyuenkam: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
klitkat: shows [3h 2h] (a flush, Ten high)
Leeyuenkam: mucks hand
klitkat collected 1140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1140 | Rake 0
Board [9h 7h Th 8d Td]
Seat 2: GodzGift23 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Leeyuenkam mucked [9d 8s]
Seat 4: SUAN53 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: klitkat (small blind) showed [3h 2h] and won (1140) with a
flush, Ten high
Seat 6: martina62 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: bedo46 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MYSTICROCK folded before Flop (didn't bet)