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  1. #1

    Default Help Playing A Flush Draw

    Villian is a station preflop(58/3 50 hands). I have already cbet him like 5 time and he folded to them all, so he might just be tired of getting pushed around. I have no reads on the other opponent. Anyways, questions are:
    1. Should I just fold preflop?
    2. Should I cbet this flop against 2 opponents?
    3. What should I do on the turn?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    Button ($12.15)
    SB ($9)
    BB ($9.70)
    UTG ($16.80)
    MP1 ($1.85)
    Hero (MP2) ($11.40)
    CO ($11.85)

    Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K, J
    2 folds, Hero bets $0.40, CO calls $0.40, Button calls $0.40, 2 folds

    Flop: ($1.35) 4, Q, 3 (3 players)
    Hero bets $0.90, CO calls $0.90, 1 fold

    Turn: ($3.15) 8 (2 players)
    Hero checks, CO bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50

    River: ($6.15) 9 (2 players)
    Hero checks, CO bets $1.50, Hero folds

    Total pot: $6.15 | Rake: $0.30
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  2. #2
    Preflop is cool. Cbetting here is okay, and probably optimal to playing it passively. Turn is fine as long as you're sure you can get an extra bet out of him. You could have bet 1/2 pot like he did to price your draw, but w/e it's cool. nh.
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  3. #3
    I thought about checkraising the turn since he might have just called my cbet because he was tired of folding to them, and alot of players bet when checked to. Would this have been a bad play?
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    you played the hand well IMO.. nh
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    preflop and flop are fine although I'd make it a buck on the flop (psychological). whether you fire a second barrel on the turn is opp dependent (does he float a lot, is he a calling station, does he fold here a lot, etc.) and I wouldn't c/r. your line screams draw/mid-pair <Q.
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    Hrmm.. I'm so conflicted. Pro No limit suggests to always bet 2/3rds the pot when you don't know how much to bet.

    But by using that amount as a blocking bet, you end up creating a large pot.

    But I really don't like the 1 dollar bet, because it screams "please re-raise me."
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  7. #7
    Bet closer to pot when you don't want a call, less when you do.
  8. #8
    think u left the door open by checking the turn would of fired one more shot u did say he might be sick of being pushed i put him on a pr 9s IMO.
  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar4
    But I really don't like the 1 dollar bet, because it screams "please re-raise me."
    really? $1 into $1.35 screams raise me?
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    no 1 into 3.15 screams re-raise me.

    I could have sworn Warpes post suggested betting 1 dollar into the pot for "psychology reasons"
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    on the flop yeah.

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