About mid way through the rebuy period, and this guy had been fairly solid, but after read part of HoH2, I'm hearing FLUSH DRAW screaming in my head... what do you think?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG+1 (t5815)
MP1 (t4130)
MP2 (t3940)
MP3 (t2190)
CO (t4125)
Hero (t3035)
SB (t3240)
BB (t2155)
UTG (t9240)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t50, 1 fold, MP2 calls t50, MP3 calls t50, 1 fold, Hero raises to t250, SB calls t225, BB calls t200, UTG+1 calls t200, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t200.

Flop: (t1300) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets t900, SB raises to t2990, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds, Hero ?????

why bet so much on flop?
prolly 1 of two things: flush draw which youll beat or a set.

why even bet the flop

Originally Posted by bboy

why even bet the flop

Good question.... Have no answer for you....

He could be bluffing but I dont know, I dont think its worth throwing them all in there with 2 over cards, decent amount of hands beat you with that flop. Might have overpair, AK, nut flush draw, or any flush draw for that matter. Tough but i think id lay it down

personally I think 5 x the BB preflop might be a little too much. I think the bet after the flop (way to much) gave you a good indication that you do not have the best hand. lay it down.

drew
p.s. im a tight player though so...

with three in the pot already, a pot sized raise is about correct here....

5bb pf, is not too much with AQ. UTG-bb its fine raise. plus with limpers early you must raise it extra.

when they all call (damn bastards) it makes playing the flop difficult.

Of course, it could be a bluff, it could be the draw, it could be trip Ts...I'm more inclined to believe he's got a PP. I'm thinking JJ, TT or 88 here. I put him on the trips because to me it looks like he wants this pot now while he's a head. With 1150 invested in the pot...~1900 more to call I'm probably going to lay this down and hope for a better hand before the rebuy period ends...

I like the preflop raise.

I would definately bet the flop about 900 with 3 opponents, probably slightly less with 4.

He probably thinks you are bluffing on missed overcards but has reraised to protect his hand (open raises from the last to act are more often than not continuation bets). He could well be on a flush draw or mid-low pp.