Roland, you will appreciate this hand from a $13 6-max. Around the same time I busted out of two SNGs with sets when my opponents back-doored a flush so it all evens out....
Nice one Benko! I typically avoid non-nut flush hands for that very reason. However, in the private game, we had betting and calling on a flop where "chasing" a flush draw seemed unlikely. My flop read was correct in that you had Ax. What bothers me is that I didn't even consider the possibility that you had Axs and were way ahead when the flush card hit on the river!
I should have revised your range after the action on the turn. I feel like I've made a mistake every time there is a showdown and the villain shows down a hand outside the range I'd assigned them.
Very nice, indeed. It's kind of similar to the hand we hand on sunday. The major difference is of course that u hit top pair on the flop, and 2 pairs on turn, so it wasn't purely chasing a flush, right :-)
In both cases I flopped top pair, weak kicker and in a limped pot thought there was a good chance my opponent didn't have an ace so I was probably ahead. But of course my second hand was much stronger having flopped the nut flush draw and hitting two pair on the turn. Mostly I see both situations as examples where it turns out that I had the best hand AND the best draw and was fortunate to have my opponent hit their draw on the river.
Increasingly I have been noticing flushes losing to bigger flushes in big pots. So with medium suited connectors, I'd much rather hit the straight (when there's no flush possible) than a flush (which is so obvious and hard to play a big pot unless you're beaten by a higher flush). Deep stacked, have been playing more unsuited connectors (in position or with good pot odds out of position) as a result.
Nice one Benko! I typically avoid non-nut flush hands for that very reason. However, in the private game, we had betting and calling on a flop where "chasing" a flush draw seemed unlikely. My flop read was correct in that you had Ax. What bothers me is that I didn't even consider the possibility that you had Axs and were way ahead when the flush card hit on the river!
ReplyDeleteI should have revised your range after the action on the turn. I feel like I've made a mistake every time there is a showdown and the villain shows down a hand outside the range I'd assigned them.
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Very nice, indeed. It's kind of similar to the hand we hand on sunday. The major difference is of course that u hit top pair on the flop, and 2 pairs on turn, so it wasn't purely chasing a flush, right :-)
ReplyDeleteIn both cases I flopped top pair, weak kicker and in a limped pot thought there was a good chance my opponent didn't have an ace so I was probably ahead. But of course my second hand was much stronger having flopped the nut flush draw and hitting two pair on the turn. Mostly I see both situations as examples where it turns out that I had the best hand AND the best draw and was fortunate to have my opponent hit their draw on the river.
ReplyDeleteIncreasingly I have been noticing flushes losing to bigger flushes in big pots. So with medium suited connectors, I'd much rather hit the straight (when there's no flush possible) than a flush (which is so obvious and hard to play a big pot unless you're beaten by a higher flush). Deep stacked, have been playing more unsuited connectors (in position or with good pot odds out of position) as a result.