Wasn't aggressive enough?

The board flops 3 spades, so I take caution and this is how the hand evolves, what is your play, am I not aggressive enough?

PokerStars Game #3185547974: Tournament #15763165, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/11/28 - 18:23:06 (ET)
Table '15763165 3' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Huggstercues (2735 in chips)
Seat 2: Corp Corp (2780 in chips)
Seat 3: Stickleback1 (1575 in chips)
Seat 4: ROCK-IT69 (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: AiChoToiTien (945 in chips)
Seat 6: DogIgotaces (1600 in chips)
Seat 7: shysti (4035 in chips)
Seat 8: HOPEFUL2 (1070 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: DirtyD805 (1470 in chips)
HOPEFUL2: posts small blind 25
DirtyD805: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to shysti [Kd Qd]
Huggstercues: calls 50
Corp Corp: folds
Stickleback1: folds
ROCK-IT69: calls 50
AiChoToiTien: folds
DogIgotaces: folds
shysti: raises 150 to 200
HOPEFUL2: folds
HOPEFUL2 has returned
DirtyD805: folds
Huggstercues: calls 150
ROCK-IT69: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Ks Js 6s]
Huggstercues: checks
ROCK-IT69: checks
shysti: bets 300
Huggstercues: calls 300
ROCK-IT69: folds
*** TURN *** [Ks Js 6s] [Kc]
Huggstercues: checks
shysti: bets 300
Huggstercues: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [Ks Js 6s Kc] [4s]
Huggstercues: bets 1000

Your play?

If my math is right the pot has about 700 by the flop. I woulda bet 450-500 there, but there's a good argument for betting the pot or even a little more to make any draws really pay.

If I got called on my flop bet... By the turn the pot would now have ~1700. And I'd bet 1200-1500.

How much is the pot on the river?

Your play of the game needed to take place on the turn. You know your opponent has AT LEAST 1 spade and you do not want them to take the draw.

Why would you not bet out your opponment when you want them to fold?

Originally Posted by Humphrind

How much is the pot on the river?

Your play of the game needed to take place on the turn. You know your opponent has AT LEAST 1 spade and you do not want them to take the draw.

Why would you not bet out your opponment when you want them to fold?

Again I was on the side of caution believing he may of had the flush already and was letting me bet into him by his actions, I didn't totally want to give the pot up and just check, but at the same time I didnt' want to get overly aggressive and have him show me the flush.

I was trying to find that middle ground, when in hindsight I should of been more of the aggressor, I digress, poker is all about learning.


Edit: I had to come back to this, because now that I think about it if he had the flush already I think he would of reraised me either on the flop or definitely the turn but he flat called me, which most of the indicates someone drawing to a hand! Dur, ok I realized I didn't think this play through enough while I was in the hand.

Originally Posted by shysti

if he had the flush already I think he would of reraised me either on the flop or definitely the turn but he flat called me,

Exactly. A bigger raise on the turn would take down the pot enough times to be very +EV.

A suited flop is very scary looking. But in holdem, it's not actually THAT scary!

<no groupthink>

I say fold here. Everyone knows he has a flush and you didn't fill.

edit: I can definitely check this flop, I don't need this pot.