blonde poker forum

I've never started a thread on here, but I figure if I don't ask I'll never learn so here goes.

It's heads up at the end of a seven person game at my mates house.  I'm cl with about 15k to 13k, blinds are 500 1k and I'm in the small blind.  Get dealt Js 6s.  My opponent hasn't been raising much preflop so I thought it was worth a look. 

Flop comes Ks 7s 4d.  He checks, I check.  Turn comes Kc.  I don't like just the jack high so check again for the free card.  River comes 9s.  I hadn't been playing very aggresively through the night and was being pushed off pots,something he had done a couple of times, he bets 4k.

My question is
1, how would you have played this? 
2, what do you do now?
3, what did he have?

Bit more info.  I'd already won one game that evening and felt that I was about the same standard if not a bit better than most of the people playing.

1. I play it like you do....once you have called his raise you muppet!
2. Get pissed
3. Just call, why bother raising, you only get called if you are losing....he has bugger all most likely though

play it exactly the same. call the river. he has trip kings or a better flush most probably. though there is always the possibility of a massive slow play on quad kings...which is why you call and don't re-raise all in.

I think you are well ahead here and he is making a move . The texture of the board dictates you can only call tho

A flush heads up is good enough for me - I'm all in - if he's slow playing a FH or hit a better flush then good luck to him.  The blinds are big so you don't have much room to manouvre.  But I'm betting on the flop here to define where I'm at... I limped preflop which may indicate a Kx, and you've still got your flush draw to fall back on if he calls. 

How would i have played this?

Bet half the pot on the flop when he checked it to me. If he bet at me on the turn i would come over the top of him to represent the king as long as the move wouldn't leave me crippled. If he checked to me i would bet slightly more than half the pot (2500 say on the turn when the board pairs). If he came over the top of me i would fold. On the end, you have to flat call the way you have played it because he has a wide range of possible hands. Playing the way i suggested i would have put the rest of my stack in here.

I'm confused.  Were you the big blind not the small blind, with the small blind on the button? 

It's worth a look pre-flop with any two if your opponent isn't raising much.

It all looks very passive to me.  Why not bet your draw on the flop?

I don't think he's got anything.  I wouldn't fold a flush here, but I wouldn't raise either as there is the possibility of him having a higher flush.  Calling would be the only option for me.

^{I think you are well ahead here and he is making a move . The texture of the board dictates you can only call tho}

I agree with Jezza....the flush is massive heads up but what with the texture of the board I think I could only call. If I knew that villain was the kind of player who bet at the end with anything though I would consider the all-in. Problem is if you lose you haven't got a chance to play back with the blinds the way they are.

Call.

Sidenote:  I definitely think you need to define your hand earlier though....if you haven't been playing aggressively earlier now is the time to start getting that way...at 1.5k the blinds are valuable. Bet that flop to define your hand.

Hey mr Wycombe Wanderer....what happened then ?

were all bursting to know here.

flat call, the bet

you should have bet your draw on the flop instead of checking it,  checking the turn was weaker even if it was to gain a free card , you can only now flat call just incase your mate was slow playing 2 pairs and hit his fullhouse

btw  what happened?

Have to echo what has been said above. I bet the flop with my flush draw its an easy way to pick up the pot, if you get called you still have outs. Slow down if you get called though. On the river flat call, the paired board and the fact you don't have the nut flush means you could be behind.

Heads up with the third nut flush and all you've shown is weakness.
This isn't a full ring game.
I don't think he'll call an allin reraise without a king at least, I'd probably reraise him the min.

Heads up I would have been ultra aggressive with 4 to the flush, I would have bet back in to him, probably tried the semi bluff.

Comlpetely forgot about this!!  My apologies. 

As it was I pushed all in.  I realise now I need to take more time in my decisions when I have a hand.  I tend to forget that I can be beaten!!  He called and showed 7h 7d for the full house. 

Thanks for the replies definitely opened my eyes.