Originally Posted by Eclipse86

did i play this hand wrong on the turn?
should i have 3-bet instead of cold call the raise?


Turn: (4.75 BB) (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG raises, Hero calls.

This different than the A-JavaScript hand you posted in that with this hand you were check-raised and the probability of a made flush goes up to 99% IMO. You had to see the river in case you hit your full house but folding was pretty much a given once the 4th spade virtually garanteed the flush. Tuf run of cards you're having.

I check the turn looking to call down with 2 pair. If he made the flush then so be it, but you cost yourself an additional bet and then didnt even see the showdown. The 4th spade almost assures he made the flush, but if he bluffed you off you will never know.

Is the villian playing Kxs (KQs specifically?)? Perhaps he was playing KsQd and was raising the turn for flush value? I doubt he was scared of the A when it showed since you bet the Q.

Before you bet on a bad card think about what you would prefer have happen. Do you want to see a showdown or do you want to bluff off an opponenet? The villian here had no intention of folding the hand so I think you would have been better off playing toward a showdown. The 4th spade probably would have saved you a bet and if you filled up on the river you would have capped there.

With two callers, a flush draw is very likely; however, when both check, you still need to bet. If you're sureh he has the flush, calling 4th is probably a mistake unless he will lead AND call a raise with an A/Q river. Most players won't, they'll either value bet-fold or check/call. On the river it comes down to if he will bluff more than 9.4% of the time here. I don't think he can, I fold.