Crazy Flush Draw Hand at the Venetian
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I played a 4-hour session at the Venetian this last Saturday on the last night of my trip. I had built my stack up to around $800 at the $1/$2 table and had everybody at the table covered.
I had a really solid image, so much that the players who were paying attention even stated it a few times, like when one guy laid down
on a 
board because I re-raised pre-flop and bet 3/4 pot on the flop and turn. He said he thought I had aces. I had kings :)Anyway, 3 relatively new players sat down to my left and I was in the big blind. All three to my left limped, as well as somebody in middle position and the kings-folder who was on the button. I looked at
and popped it up to $20. The standard raise was anywhere from $10-$20, so I expected a couple callers since I was in early position. It turned out that all three players to my left as well as the button wanted to see the flop, so there were 5 players with $100 in the pot.Here are the players, positions, and stacks to start the hand:
- BB, $800 - raised to $20
- UTG, $100 - limp-called
- UTG+1, $530 - limp-called
- UTG+2, $500 - limp-called
- Button, $700 - limp-called
The flop was
What would you do with a solid image, the nut flush draw, and a bunch of seemingly weak players? I have to admit, I hadn't seen many hands with the 3 UTG players, but they evidently had limp-for-2-and-call-20 type of hands :)
I'll post what I did and what happened after I get some traction here. Thanks!
- BB, $800
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Damn it! I screwed up - there was no
on the board => it was the four! Sorry :p
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Jason M said:
I played a 4-hour session at the Venetian this last Saturday on the last night of my trip. I had built my stack up to around $800 at the $1/$2 table and had everybody at the table covered.
I had a really solid image, so much that the players who were paying attention even stated it a few times, like when one guy laid down
on a board because I re-raised pre-flop and bet 3/4 pot on the flop and turn. He said he thought I had aces. I had kings :)Anyway, 3 relatively new players sat down to my left and I was in the big blind. All three to my left limped, as well as somebody in middle position and the kings-folder who was on the button. I looked at
and popped it up to $20. The standard raise was anywhere from $10-$20, so I expected a couple callers since I was in early position. It turned out that all three players to my left as well as the button wanted to see the flop, so there were 5 players with $100 in the pot.Here are the players, positions, and stacks to start the hand:
* BB, $800 - raised to $20
* UTG, $100 - limp-called
* UTG+1, $530 - limp-called
* UTG+2, $500 - limp-called
* Button, $700 - limp-calledThe flop was
What would you do with a solid image, the nut flush draw, and a bunch of seemingly weak players? I have to admit, I hadn't seen many hands with the 3 UTG players, but they evidently had limp-for-2-and-call-20 type of hands :)
I'll post what I did and what happened after I get some traction here. Thanks!
Arguments to NOT cbet: connected board (98), monotone board, OOP, and multiway pot. Also, this pot wasn't 3bet, so there isn't a ton of money in.
Arguments to cbet: crickets chirp
The stacks are far from short so you don't really want to jam flop, as you would in 40BB territory... your equity is decent to good in this hand against limp ranges... but their stacks are too big to play for stacks here. You need to check and evaluate.
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