Re: Hand reading exercise from hand at featured table in Day 1B of ME
Good guess. I have the nuts, in fact it is exactly the A8 of diamonds. I thought this is really an exercise in extracting the most while not leaving myself vulnerable.
My guess since he was playing all sorts of hands was that he either hit the straight or two pair on the turn. I think his minraise was actually a very clever play to find out where he was at, and my subsequent reraise was enough to deny him implied pot odds to call if he was drawing to a four-outer. Of course, as both replies noted, it is easy to figure out I have a flush from my betting. In fact, he told me after the hand that he knew exactly what I had.
Some questions:
1) Is there any way to play the hand so that he cannot figure me for the flush here?
2) Suppose the river is a blank. What do you do?
3) What do you do if the board pairs? If you decide to check, what do you do if he goes all-in? If you lead do you call an all-in bet?
4) Should I be re-re-raising more on the turn? Would it actually be better to go all-in here? Would that look less like a made flush?
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