Reraising to 300 is probably the strongest possible line, as in the hands we are repping, which is why I don't want to do it. Basically if we jam he might make the mistake and call with two pair or a set, whereas if we reraise to 300 and he calls and the board doesn't pair on the turn he might c/f and if we reraise to 300 I don't see how we can ever fold if he 4-bet jams the flop and tbh I don't see how we can ever be good unless he has a set.

C'mon now, he isn't folding a set

Preflop is a bit ambitious against 2 players including one solid one. I am pretty sure it's at best borderline and likely slightly -ev. Fine against just the old man.

The fact that you didn't know pot size is obviously a leak and it also somewhat widens villain's raising range. Not much given that he is an old man, but some. If i continue I am committed I always ship as played. I think if you are not committed against a nit then calling and folding turn can be fine since he might raise 2pr/set but not bet turn unless he has a flush at least some of the time.

Personally I just ship flop 100bbs deep.

Also - the other leaks in the way you played the hand (preflop, being aware of pot size, paying attention to the action, not chastizing the dealer even half-jokingly) are probably much more important for you to address to your overall game than the specific decision on the flop.

I completely agree, this is probably the worst hand I have ever played

That being said, raising 56s IP here is at worst a small leak

I never said he would fold out sets.

Sets vs our hand 35%
AX spade vs our hand 27%,

Again I just call here and let him fire again on the turn. We have a lot of his range crushed here, so why wouldnt we call and let him hang himself.

He pretty much has to fire ALL turns.

If you raise he can easily fold 2 pair hands, AX's aside from AK.

You're assuming that old men would even know anything about hand reading. The reason why I am going with a smaller raise is because I think he would fold to a sheer size of a $500 jam with all of his < two pairs.

No one is going to check/fold set on the turn after calling our raise on the flop, and little chance he's folding two pairs either.

Do you or do you not think you have the best hand on the flop? You kind of have to make up your mind here, because there's no folding after the re-raise.

Read carefully, villain can't have Ax of spades.

The reason why I like a raise here is because if villain doesn't have any spade, another spade on the turn would completely shut him down.

If he has a set, he is probably going to check/call the turn, and I doubt we're shoving $400 on the turn with our mediocre spade. If he missed the river, he's likely going to check/fold, and we pretty much lost the opportunity to get his remaining stack.

I get what you are saying but if he is calling the 3-bet with two pair IMO he is calling a jam and if he calls a 3-bet and a spade hits the turn (or the board pairs) we are in a tough spot and getting like 5:1 we just can't fold so I'd rather be a monkey and ship the flop.

And yes, I think we have the best hand a good % of the time.

I know he cant have A of spades.

Thats why I wrote A X(spade), not A(spade) X.

Whether he's more likely to call a jam or a smaller 3-bet is matter of opinion, so I guess I'll agree to disagree.

I messed up a bit on my raise size, I think $300 is a bit too big with a hand like ours. I would go $100 more on top of villain's CR to around $210.

But then he is getting odds to draw to a single high spade! This is why I hate this spot and its all due to my own idiocy.

I suppose though that the main moral of the story is: get your head in the game!

Don't forget we are calculating against his entire range.

Hell of a spot. Everything he has is either way ahead of you or can catch up if the board pairs or another flush card comes along.

1 in 500 odds roughly to flop flush over flush. Unless I am absolutely sure the old nit has a kx flush, then I am shoving here a 100% of the time.

Its not a tricky spot. If you have been in this spot before.

Your never r/f here, so I wouldn't raise. I flat and see how he plays the hand ott. I wouldn't just jam ott. You want to jam for value and you don't get value from jamming with a 6 high flush.

You get value owned when you jam. The key to the hand is try to win the hand with out resistance your hand is weak and vulnerable.