[allenciox]

Ok, more info and an analysis of where I went wrong:

The river was a blank, and I thought about how much to bet. I figured he was unlikely to call an all-in on the river because he probably knew the strength of my hand but I couldn't figure out any amount I could bet that he would call. I figured that my only chance to get money out of him might be to check and have him try to bluff me out of the pot, which was, of course, ridiculous.

So I checked, he said "I know you have the flush, but I'll show you anyway" and showed down two tens --- he had hit top set on the flop. Even thought I won the hand, I kicked myself for how a very good player outplayed me here. Following are important lessons from this hand:

1) He played the hand perfectly, and I need to remember that for times when I am in the situation he was in. Note how he played the hand. He had a very good but non-nut hand on a dangerous flop. By calling the flop he was able to control the hand. If he raises the flop and I raise all-in, I could be on a combo draw --- how could he fold in that case? It is definitely right here to call the flop bet. His minraise on the turn was ingenious --- it was a great way to see whether he was beat, when I re-re-raised he knew he was. My re-re-raise looked like exactly what it was, an attempt to soak more money into the pot.

2) My rereraise did not price him out of the pot, since he had seven clean outs. If he can figure that he can get more than half the remainder of my stack on the river when the board pairs, he is correct to call here. I lucked out that the river did NOT pair the board, or I could have lost a lot here.

3) I really should consider the turn reraise all-in here. I don't think that is as informative as the 2000 raise. Perhaps he would have called the all-in reraise there figuring that there was a chance I had two pair or a smaller set and wanted to prevent him from hitting a heart if he had a bare ace.

4) In cases like this, I need to bet SOMETHING on the river. He is not going to try to bluff me when he knows how strong I am. I need to bet at least 1500-2000 here, to make the pot odds compelling enough that he will at least look me up.

All-in-all, a very interesting hand, and good lessons to learn.