5/10 flopped a flush and it's three bets to you

Aces McGee · #1 05-31-2006, 01:39 AM

Party 5/10

Pretend your UTG+2 in a four-way, unraised pot. UTG (45/15/2.1) and UTG+1 (25/11/1.2) limped preflop, you overlimped, and it folded to the BB (29/14/2.2) who knuckles.

The flop is Ah 2h 3h.

BB bets, UTG raises, UTG+1 three-bets, and you cap it with a flush (your exact cards are unimportant at this point in the exercise).

Turn is 5d.

BB bets, UTG raises, UTG+1 three-bets...

What is the smallest flush you are playing here? Does anyone not cap the flop with a flush?

-McGee

Sarge85 · #2 05-31-2006, 12:24 PM

I'm guessing the smallest flush I'd have is 67s, 78s, or 89s, I'd keep going at full speed.

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Grease · #3 05-31-2006, 12:26 PM

For the sake of argument, say you have 76s.

You cap the turn, all call.

The river action is the same (bet, raise, reraise). Your move?

FWIW, I most likely cap the turn as well.

Sarge85 · #4 05-31-2006, 12:28 PM

I suppose I start to wonder a bit and Cap it anyway. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Grease · #5 05-31-2006, 12:31 PM

I think I tend to agree. You're obviously showing your hand down, and calling 3 cold on the river seems odd to me.

Grease · #6 05-31-2006, 12:32 PM

Although these guys aren't crazy by any means. Yeah, they're somewhat aggressive, but they're not LAGtards. Do you think you could find a river fold, or would that be horribly weak and wussy?

Aces McGee · #7 05-31-2006, 01:04 PM

It was late when I posted this and I don't think what I wrote was particularly clear, so let me just conver this into a regular hand post.

I held 76hh in this hand (the smallest flush possible), and having it come three bets to me on the turn after cold-capping the flop started to make me really not like my hand. I thought strongly about folding, and wanted to see if anyone else would.

-McGee

Jiggymike · #8 05-31-2006, 02:29 PM

Wouldn't 56s be the lowest possible flush? I would think very hard about throwing away a flush below a 9 here because you seem to have a couple of good players here playing the hand hard. Sometimes you will have one good player and one bad player going to town with a set and the Kh (nut flush draw) but against reasonable players you could get away from this I think. With a hand like 46s or 56s though, I would probably call down for the dream straight flush like a moron, but I think you can get away from this by the turn for all those bets with a weak flush. There are a lot of cards that can beat you here, probably any heart and any of the other 9 outs that pair the board, and you might already be drawing dead. Still a call down can't be faulted, players are capable of going maniac with less than the nuts.

Aces McGee · #9 05-31-2006, 02:39 PM

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Wouldn't 56s be the lowest possible flush?

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Yes, but since I am holding the 6h, no one can have a flush worse than the one I am holding.

-McGee

James. · #10 05-31-2006, 02:57 PM

yeah, i see what you are getting at...particularly WHICH(the semipassive) player is 3 betting on the flop and turn. i guess he could be getting out of line with a set or straight; i'm going to showdown, but at what point do you just want to get to showdown with 67s? good post.