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Originally Posted by LawDude
I think this was very well played.
It's a fascinating hand because it demonstrates the difference between a concealed made hand and an unconcealed one.
Your straight on the flop is unconcealed. You put out a pot size bet, which one might make with top pair or two pair, and you are raised. If you re-raise at this point, I think anyone is going to put you on the straight. So you just call.
The turn card actually makes your straight even less concealed. There's now four cards to the straight on the board. But what is concealed is the VALUE of your straight. You have a 10-high straight, and a villain may put you on a 9-high straight. Your 2/3 pot-size bet may be interpreted that way, or it may be interpreted as an attempt to buy the pot in case nobody has the straight.
But now the river comes and you make your backdoor flush. At this point, your hand is totally concealed. If anyone else has a straight, even with JT, they are calling you. They may also be calling you with a set or two pair. Your half-the-pot bet tells them nothing about your hand.
This is an almost dream scenario, to have callers on a board where you have a much better hand than the villains are likely to put you on.
It's an interesting scenario, sure, but it ultimately doesn't really factor here unless the guy has TJ, right?. On the flop is where the concealed hand remained concealed, and after that the guy can either beat a 9-high straight (with TJ) or he can't, in which case it doesn't matter that the flush is also concealed. With the read that was given, I don't see this guy calling the river bet with 2-pair or a set; he either has TJ and is definitely calling, or is throwing away probably any other hand.
Either way, I agree that it was well played.
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