Leaving out the results. Just curious how others would play this, and what you would do on the river specifically.

PokerStars Game Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05)9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: KRE8R ($13.60 in chips)
Seat 2: dontres ($5.95 in chips)
Seat 4: eggysquad ($2.01 in chips)
Seat 5: klondikebob ($1.92 in chips)
Seat 8: drclean911 ($9.03 in chips)
drclean911: posts small blind $0.02
KRE8R: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KRE8R [ ]
dontres: folds
eggysquad: calls $0.05
klondikebob: folds
drclean911: calls $0.03
KRE8R: checks
*** FLOP *** [ ]
drclean911: bets $0.15
KRE8R: calls $0.15
eggysquad: folds
*** TURN *** [ ] []
drclean911: bets $0.10
KRE8R: raises $0.40 to $0.50
drclean911: calls $0.40
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
drclean911: checks

KRE8R: ?

Raise the flop. Get some money out of the biggest action card in the deck and the flush draw. Just raise to $0.40. He's calling after potting the flop. This isn't a club draw, it's an Ace. That's a shitty turn that you can check and you can call the river or take him to Valuetown. He'll think that Ace is still good after you check the turn.

As played, the raise is fine. He won't 3-bet with a hand you beat. Checking behind on the river loses some value because his flop action looks like an Ace overall. You can bet $0.95 on the river and get called by that Ace. Again, he isn't gonna check-raise you with a hand you beat.

raise this flop to 45c

Most aces will call, most draws will call. You dominate them, and thus you want their money. Also, you don't wanan give free cards.

This turn is not scary b/c the flop better prolly isn't agressive/ smart enough to bet his flush draw. Furthermore, most fish will check their flush. So You shouldn't be scared of a flush.

Cheking river is obv a safe play if you think this is a good player. However, if it is a fish, I will bet pot on river. If I get chek raised, I will prolly call, but not reraise.

If this was like a high limit game, and the villain was good, I deff would check river, but I doubt thi is the case here.

Originally Posted by the alex

Raise the flop. Get some money out of the biggest action card in the deck and the flush draw. Just raise to $0.40. He's calling after potting the flop. This isn't a club draw, it's an Ace. That's a shitty turn that you can check and you can call the river or take him to Valuetown. He'll think that Ace is still good after you check the turn.

As played, the raise is fine. He won't 3-bet with a hand you beat. Checking behind on the river loses some value because his flop action looks like an Ace overall. You can bet $0.95 on the river and get called by that Ace. Again, he isn't gonna check-raise you with a hand you beat.

Why so certain of an Ace? Give me the good indicators of this if you dont mine.

Originally Posted by KRE8R

Why so certain of an Ace? Give me the good indicators of this if you dont mine.

Like gder said, his bet's too serious on the flop. Even with only 3bbs in the pot, he's gonna minbet the flop with a FD, not pot it knowing any Ace'll raise him and make his draw expensive. Acxc would suck balls, but his turn bet isn't trappy relative to his flop bet as played. It's a "please don't raise me with a flush" bet, even he'll go to the felt with A3.

He had .

Thanks for the input guys, I learned a lot from this thread.