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Stud 1/2 flush draw played correctly? Stud 1/2 flush draw played correctly?

02-08-2010 , 07:29 PM
Hi guys, just checking to see if anyone would have played this differently. Got scared that I was drawing nearly dead on 6th.

Pokerstars 1/2 (7 handed) ante .10, bring in .50

seat 1 xx2 brings in folds
seat 2 xx6 folds
seat 3 xx9 calls calls
seat 4 xxA calls calls
Hero 79A calls calls
Seat 6 xxK raises
Seat 7 xx3 folds

4th street (pot 4.95)

Seat 3 xx99 bets 1
Seat 4 xxAJ calls
Hero 79AJ calls
Seat 6 xxKT calls

5th street (pot 8.95)

Seat 3 xx996 bets
Seat 4 xxAJ4 calls
Hero 79AJ3 calls
Seat 6 xxKT8 calls

6th street (pot 16.45)

Seat 3 xx9964 checks
Seat 4 xxAJ42 bets
Hero 79AJ3 4 folds
Seat 6 xxKT82

Seat 3 is pretty loose, plays most any pair, straight draw, flush draw, regardless of other people's hands. It's possible he has trips, but this can be discounted somewhat because I have one of his nines in my hand. Still, it seems unlikely he would bet 5th with only a pair, probably pair+ draw, 2 pair, or maybe he has the case 9. Seat 4 is weak/tight, would probably raise a pair of Aces on 3rd. I fear that he just made a flush. Seat 6 probably has a pair of Kings and can't lay it down. Thoughts?

Last edited by Andy B; 02-09-2010 at 12:09 AM. Reason: Corrected suit for bring-in.
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02-08-2010 , 09:51 PM
Haven gotten that far, I would've called 6th. It does look like a flush but it's good to know that his board is AJx opposed to AKx; the good thing about your hand/draw is that, if you miss, then you quietly fold, but, if you make your flush, you should probably just call if the guy bets because when you are ahead, you stand to do better from collecting some overcalls and when you don't have the best hand, you wind up not costing yourself more bets than need be.
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02-08-2010 , 10:42 PM
BTW I entered this manually and mistyped, bring ins card should be the 2 of spades, not clubs.
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02-09-2010 , 12:15 AM
Fixed the HH. Why the hell would you enter a Stars hand manually?

I'd at least consider raising third. I'd also consider folding fourth. As played, you've gotta call sixth. The bettor doesn't *have* to have a flush, and the pot is very large. Maybe you don't raise the river unless you hit a big diamond.
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02-09-2010 , 12:12 PM
Meh, it's close on 6th, just did the math. If I call on 6th, and estimating that the final pot will be about 25$, not counting my contributions on 6th and 7th if I hit, I need to win roughly 45% of the time when I hit. If villian has the flush, his flush will beat my flush a little over 60% of the time, plus the open nines still might beat me.
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02-09-2010 , 05:41 PM
Call me a nit, but isn't this a fold 3rd? You have an A, 9, and two diamonds dead. When you run into what you did on 4th, this is where you get into trouble.
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02-09-2010 , 11:42 PM
For some reason I thought there was one diamond dead instead of two. Folding third would be entirely reasonable.
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