[jcl]

I do think the AQ hand was fairly poorly played. If Hilm raises the flop and they get it all in then it's just a cooler. However, when Hilm just calls and bets the K turn, Scotty must be putting his opponent on a float. In this case IMO he should just call on the turn (and check-call any river). As I see it, it's a way ahead/way behind situation and there are like no draws or overcards Scotty can be afraid of. Hilm may even have gotten lucky with a Kx float. Basically the XR is needless overkill that is not protecting against any draws and will not get called by a worse hand.

The flush draw hand looks ugly but I don't think it's that bad. I probably would've check-raised to move off a pair smaller than the king and to disguise the draw (seems bit obvious with the open overbet push) but the result would've been the same in either case here.

I understand and appreciate he would have been very tired, but the thread should be to analyse his play, not to justify it.