Should I protect this small flush draw?

[gobbledygeek]

I don't understand the concerns about turning our hand "face up". I play 2/4 live and when I check/raise the flop, check/call a non-flush turn and then bet the flush river, I get multiple calls from people "keeping me honest" and "knowing they're beat" every single time. I'm sure I'd get the occasional worse hand to call me on the river even if I did literally play my had face up. But besides all that, even if you do play your hand face up you make money on the flop check-raise (with enough opponents) even if no other bets go into the pot due to the equity advantage.

GcluelessnoobplayingwithblindopponentsG

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Maybe I'm being too weak-tight here, but I'd call- rather than CR- the small FD (even that I know it's +EV). The reason for this has already been mentioned..if I then check a brick turn, my hand's "face-up." I'd definitely CR the nut FD, tho.

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You could play this hand with your cards face up, it doesn't matter. You're not trying to trick anyone. And you're not going to win anyway if they think you have a bigger hand then you do. It's not like you are betting into the field on a whiffed river, or feeling like you got bluffed out if you have to fold the river unimproved.

If the conditions call for a check-raise because there is an early bet and multiple callers, then you do it. Not for any other reason except that you are getting X:1 on your draw that will win better than X.