10 nl: i flop a straight flush and have no idea what to do

[Hebel]

basically, i figured i wanted to check it down, hope another spade came, and get paid off by the k hi or a hi.

instead i win a 15 bb pot

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UTG ($4.65)
Hero ($11.35)
CO ($3.35)
Button ($10.90)
SB ($6.30)
BB ($1.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.45) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $0.3</font>, BB calls $0.30, UTG calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.30.

Turn: ($1.65) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

River: ($1.65) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.25</font>, CO folds, BB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: $2.90

[TTStrangler]

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i figured i wanted to check it down, hope another spade came

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You have to bet the flop, another spade may kill your action, not improve it. You'll get called/maybe even raised from 2 pair, sets, As, Ks, even 5s, ect.. on the flop. Get the money in now.

[zer0]

if they'll pay you off when a spade hits, they'll pay to draw to it. at least bet the turn, imo.

[Spurious]

Raise flop again to 0.90$, they bet so dont be afraid they'd fold.
As played bet the turn, they try to catch a spade.
River is actually a good card for you, any J made a str8, there is one on the board, probably bet something like .9$ and hope someone will pay off.

You wont get monster payouts with monster hands, that's how it is.
How could they have anything, if you've got the deck crippled?

[Kasane]

The As is coming along for the ride, if not raising right away and going broke on the flop. A Ks is calling. Build your pot. Limps like your villain's are often middle pp's that hit sets too. They'll go broke on the flop.

Bet, bet, and bet some more. Yours is actually one of the very, very few monsters that doesn't cripple the deck a bit.

But -- this is probably a fold pf and a really marginal limp. It's a bad limp at higher levels. First off, your villain's don't have the stack sizes to pay off a suited connector (switch tables).