I felt good about no trip Aces or Jacks on the flop because I had an Ace and a Jack. We're 7 handed, so it's like having all of the Aces or Jacks dead going into the flop in full ring. If he re-raises the pot on the flop, I'd probably have put him on trip 9's and he would bet the pot with trip 9's and no flush draw, so it would've been a guessing game.

If he has trip 9's and no flush draw, I have 18 outs. If he has a flush draw with the trip 9's, I have 12 outs. Honestly on the flop, I put him on QJTX (X=A, T, or 8) or T98X (X= T, 8, Q, or 6). With a 4 connectors in the hole, he re-raises me for the pot PF, especially with T987. T998, he's DEFINITELY potting the flop to save himself from trouble if he hits a straight with a spade.

The price so nice to call that trip 9's an no flush draw was a high possibility in my head, so I've still got 18 outs and folding equity, but not enough to raise. $250 again, I was for damn sure that he only had a flush draw or a straight draw with a pair of Aces. I made the re-raise because I thought I had the best hand in the moment and wanted to kill his draw.

If he doesn't have the Ace of spades and he does have a King hi flush draw, I've killed 4 of his outs. (The A gives me a boat, the 8 gives me a straight flush, and I have the Q and the T.) If he has something like:

tX 9X

I have the best hand and he has 11 outs to win because, remember the fills me up and If he has:

99TJ or T998,

I have about 17 outs and less folding equity as he'd have to believe me for AA or JJ and was waiting for the turn to pounce. This wasn't my thought as he didn't pounce with those draws and third set.

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