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Originally Posted by Jihad2
No I realize I played it badly. I just disagreed on preflop. I was stuck at the fact it was so little to call the 3!, and that if he's making that dumb of a raise then he's obviously terrible (this turned out true throughout the night). You guys have helped convince me I was wrong pf. After pf, I'm getting a good price, and I was not way behind.
Your opponent did make a mistake not 3 betting big enough, but I would say it's only a small mistake. As for flop play lets analyze it further. You should raise for a few reasons on the flop. 1. You think your opponent is weak, so you can semi-bluff with the best hand. Never the case with your opponent small 3 betting. Mostly this is a big hand trying to not scare action away. 2. You can raise to get a free card on the turn. This is very unlikely given the strength of your opponents hand, and the draw heavy nature of the board. 3. To represent a strong hand. On this flop your representing exactly what you have, air with a draw. So your folding equity is zero.
As for the Math. Your equity on the flop with one over and a flush draw is around 44%. If your opponent has a spade 42%. I wouldn't mind this play if you had the Ace of spades and King of spades for example as it would be a little closer. Or better yet a pair and a flush draw where your a slight favorite. It's just you should be thinkng more of making positive equity plays, rather than taking the worst of it. That's all. And if you don't bink the turn your down to 25% equity with one card to come. This play would be far better when your opponents range is weak.