These kinds of hands happen from time to time. You hit your set, but the board is ultra coordinated. How do you play it? On one hand, what if one of the players in the hand has a flush already, which means I am the one on a draw. On the other hand, one of them, particularly the preflop raiser may have a high spade and you would rather not let them see cheap cards. Anyway, here is how I played this one. Thoughts?
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 9 Players - (
LegoPoker HH Converter)
SB: $20.15
BB: $43.80
UTG: $12.75
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Hero (UTG+1): $77.05</u>
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MP1: $48.50</u>
MP2: $41.85
MP3: $64.15
CO: $75.25
BTN: $18.75
Reads: <font color="blue">I have no stats on Villain; he just sat down and I have never played with him before.</font>
Preflop: Hero is dealt 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (9 Players)
UTG calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, <font color="red">MP1 raises to $2.75</font>,
2 folds, CO calls $2.75,
4 folds, Hero calls $2.25
Flop: ($9.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">MP1 bets $3.00</font>,
CO folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $13.00</font>, MP1 calls $10.00
Turn: ($35.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets all-in for $61.30</font>, MP1 calls all-in for $32.75
Uncalled bet of $28.55 returned to Hero