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Flush on the river - what to do?

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villijmeen99
Joined: 04.11.2016

Hello guys again,
Today got in a tricky spot. I got flush on the river, holding Q4s. My opponent was a player who limped a lot so I somehow was afraid that he also have a flush but stronger one - with king (as the Ace was on the board he could have only stronger flush with king) in combo. I raised on river and he reraised me, i wasnt sure what to do and because of my fear I just called. I just wanted to know if this is +EV or -EV play based on my read? Or I had to shove on this?
Thank you guys!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.1 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 70 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

MP2 (t28,660)
MP3 (t57,456)
CO (t27,160)
Button (t20,834)
Hero (SB) (t31,607)
BB (t23,602)
UTG (t3,944)
UTG+1 (t4,809)
MP1 (t40,312)

Hero's M: 20.66

Preflop: Hero is SB with ,
2 folds, MP1 calls t600, 2 folds, CO calls t600, 1 fold, Hero calls t300, BB checks

Flop: (t3,030) , , (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP1 checks, CO bets t1,364, Hero calls t1,364, 2 folds

Turn: (t5,758) (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (t5,758) (2 players)
Hero bets t3,124, CO raises to t10,589, Hero calls t7,465

Total pot: t26,936

Results below:

Spoiler

Hero didn't show Q, 4 (flush, Ace high).
CO had K, 9 (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: t26,936 returned to CO


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angalius
Joined: 10.11.2011

Well played, nothing much to add. The thing is, what kind of range he has for his reraise on the river? I dont think he will reraise with his straights or sets, but he could do it with a lot of flushes, so I think going all here is fine, since we lose to only a King


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villijmeen99
Joined: 04.11.2016

I dont think he could reraise me with set or straight, also I am not sure if he would do that with lower clubs like 54, but maybe with J9 he could.
Also I have one more question about his reraise size - is it perfect? Why just he didnt go allin? I would fold my top pairs, sets and maybe even straight, actually he should be 99,99% sure that I dont have it, because it would be nonsense to call on flop raise with QJ, only if its clubs and even then he dominates me. But maybe he just thought that I had an ace or set and hoped I will call and was trying to get more chips out of me. If I were in his spot I would try allin move because it would be hard for me to fold any flush, especially like Q4 and also it would look like a bluff and maybe I would even try to find a call with set or an top pair. Correct me if I am wrong! :f_thumbsup:


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angalius
Joined: 10.11.2011

really depends on the player, a looser one could reraise a flush with a 7, a tighter one could call with a Jack flush.

You are saying yourself, you would fold a lot of good hands if he goes all in, why do that if you can put in a raise and get some value with the nuts


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

It looks like an easy stack off on the river. I expect you can easy get value of other flushes. If he has the nuts it’s unlucky I think.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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villijmeen99
Joined: 04.11.2016

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Originally posted by angalius
really depends on the player, a looser one could reraise a flush with a 7, a tighter one could call with a Jack flush.

You are saying yourself, you would fold a lot of good hands if he goes all in, why do that if you can put in a raise and get some value with the nuts

I meant I would fold a lot of good hands even versus this reraise, because he was more tight player when flop comes around - playing only with good hands and draws. Basically I would call him only with good and strong hands here (99% only with flush in this situation) and if I got a flush then its a big chance that I will call his allin, especially if its Q4 which I would never fold.


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Jaunais
Joined: 24.01.2014

Just a bad run out, nothing to do here diff.


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