Hello I got lucky playing live 1/2 and want to learn from a big hand I played. I’m hoping to learn both where I can improve and to find out if my opponent did anything wrong or just got unlucky.
This isn’t a brag post about winnings I just want to get better.
Effective stack sizes $725
Hero 5
5
on the button opens to $10 which had been the standard open at the table. SB calls and we are heads up. Pot $22
Flop A
3
9
Villain checks
Hero bets $10 (I honestly felt like this was a bad bet as soon as I made it, but really I don’t know. I’m fairly new, I was thinking I was in position, had some equity, and the board is scary to anyone without spade)
Villain calls
Pot $42
Turn 5
Board A
3
9
5
Villain checks
Hero bets $20 (Here I’m worried about the flush but I didn’t feel that checking back would be great)
Villain calls
Pot $82
River 3
Board A
3
9
5
3
Villain checks
Hero bets $40 (I was happy that I hit the full house but I’m still not great with bet sizing so I bet half pot)
Villain raises to $200
Hero raises all in to $685 (Should I be worried about a bigger boat here or am I always shoving)
Villain calls
Pot $1452
Villains shows K
8
I’m hoping to learn both what my opponent and I should have done differently. Were my bets big mistakes? What about bet sizing. In retrospect I was behind until the end but I felt I could justify each bet but I’m still pretty new.
Should my opponent have raised earlier or was letting me build the pot and then just getting unlucky the right play. Should he consider folding to all in with nut flush.
Thanks