re: Poker & Can we get paid on a flopped royal flush?
In this particular spot you are probably not going to extract a ton of value in the long run, because you have a big range advantage, and you also block some of your opponents continuence range.
They probably did not flop a set or top two pair, because AA, KK, TT and AK would have been 3-bet. They cant have the nut flushdraw or second nut flushdraw, because you have those cards, and the number of made flushes are also somewhat limited, when the five highest flush cards are all accounted for.
With that being said I still think, the best way to extract value against an unknown opponent is to make a completely normal C-bet. There is no need to get caught in this "dear in the headlight" syndrome, where we feel, we MUST do something different and fancy, just because we have a royal flush. Its still just a hand of poker like any other.
And as for "letting them catch up" what exactly would we be hoping for them to improve to? They could make a straight on a Q or J, but that probably means, they flopped a pair + gutshot, and that kind of hand is not folding to a normal C-bet. They could also make a 1-liner flush, but if that flush is good enough to pay us off, then the draw is also good enough to pay us on the flop.
And a 1-liner to a straight and particular a flush will pretty much kill our action from hands like two pair or top pair, that would gladly have paid a bet on the flop. So its benefitial against some parts of their range but bad against other parts. If on the other hand they have a small pair or two undercards, then they are not going to love the board more on the turn, unless they improve to a set, which is only a 4-5% possibility.
It is opponent specific though, and if the Villain is to aggressive for his own good, then this can certainly be a good spot for setting the trap. After all you know, you cant get drawn out on, so you can feel completely comfortable calling turn and raising river, whatever happen to the board.
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