How would you have played this hand?

[dime]

I was in my local casino playing the £5 PLH rebuy tourny. The first hand after the break, I have around 4,000 in chips and the blinds are 100/200, I limp in on the button with  into an un raised pot with 3 callers and both blinds just checking (6 way pot) the flop comes down with the and two other hearts giving me a jack high flush. It gets checked around to me so I bet the pot, one player calls. A brick hits the turn, the player checks I raise 2,000, he reraises his last 500 and I call, he turns over  , nothing can save me on the river.

Obviosly I played this hand badly, but what could I have done to protect myslef from looseing a large wedge of my stack? In hindsight I should have realsied that whilst he's a loose player, more used to playing much higher limits so plays reclessly he's not the normal loose player who plays with trash and cann't lay-down a hand.  I was thinkng that I should have perhaps

1/ Bet preflop, in this case its quite possible that he would have laid down his hand pre-flop and I would have had a nicely disguised hand and hopefully a player with a K would have opened the betting.

2/ The bet on the flop was to chase off anyone drawing with a bare  or then when the brick hit turn I should have checked to guard against the likely higher made flush.

Your advice would be greatly appresated, thanks.

[Royal Flush]

The only thing you did badly was betting the full pot on the flop.

[dime]

The only thing you did badly was betting the full pot on the flop.

That supprises me, why do you say that and what would you have done differently? Should I have bet around half the pot?

[bhoywonder]

ur gonna lose  this pot wotever happens in my opinion

one of those things


u aint folding in any circumstance are you?

[ifm]

You want to get all your chips in with this hand just unlucky you ran into the higher flush.
As for chasing out the draws, why? that's what you want! some mug chasing draws when you have a strong made hand.
Obviously they will hit their draws sometimes but more often than not they miss, better to think long term than on any individual comp.

[dime]

I'd agree that in big tournaments chip building is very important but in these lower buy-in events where often you can get several players on a table at the end of an event and even the chip leader has little over 5 BBs and SBs then survival is often more important. Here surely the old saying a "a chip and a chair" applies best, wouldn't this also apply to allowing people to chase draws and playing less than the lock hands.

[ifm]

I'd agree that in big tournaments chip building is very important but in these lower buy-in events where often you can get several players on a table at the end of an event and even the chip leader has little over 5 BBs and SBs then survival is often more important. Here surely the old saying a "a chip and a chair" applies best, wouldn't this also apply to allowing people to chase draws and playing less than the lock hands.

I disagree, you want more chips in these comps because of the reasons you say.
I don't play these types of comps anymore but for me i used to play to win (or a decent cash) 1 in 10 rather than limp into the money 4 in 10.
You can play the best poker of your life but because of the crapshootiness (a new word?) they are extremely difficult to cash in.

[tikay]

ur gonna lose  this pot wotever happens in my opinion

one of those things


u aint folding in any circumstance are you?

Says it all.

If you fold THAT hand you have been reading the wrong books..

"One of those things".

[tikay]

I'd agree that in big tournaments chip building is very important but in these lower buy-in events where often you can get several players on a table at the end of an event and even the chip leader has little over 5 BBs and SBs then survival is often more important. Here surely the old saying a "a chip and a chair" applies best, wouldn't this also apply to allowing people to chase draws and playing less than the lock hands.

I disagree, you want more chips in these comps because of the reasons you say.
I don't play these types of comps anymore but for me i used to play to win (or a decent cash) 1 in 10 rather than limp into the money 4 in 10.
You can play the best poker of your life but because of the crapshootiness (a new word?) they are extremely difficult to cash in.

Please! "crapshootiness". You been listening to the kids again?