Live £1/2 Backdoor Flush

[Pinchop73]

Hi. Played a £1/2 game last night. It was great.

I'm up to about £470. Villain in this hand has also chipped up nicely, has me just about covered. Have not seen him play anything other than ABC so far, just value towning top pairs/two pairs against stations.

I get dealt   UTG+1 on a 9 handed table. I open to £7.

Folds round to Villain on c/o, calls. Button calls. Blinds fold.

Flop (£23)        

I check. Villain bets £16. Button calls. I decide to call.

Turn (£71)  

I check. Villain bets £44. Button folds. I call.

River (£159)  

I check. Villain bets £85. I call.


Thoughts?

[stato_1]

BET BET BET, flop is such a good board to cbet and betting keeps more shit hands in your range than check calling

[BulldozerD]

As played I would be check raising the river

[NoflopsHomer]

Definitely c/raising river as played.

[edgascoigne]

As played you have to raise the river.

[boldie]

As played you have to raise the river.

This...so very very much this.

[Pinchop73]

This guy has played pretty solid all game (were about 4 hrs in).

What's villain's bet calling range on the river?

[pleno1]

2 pair+

[boldie]

This guy has played pretty solid all game (were about 4 hrs in).

What's villain's bet calling range on the river?

Damn pleno beat me to it. 2 pair +.

LOADS that you're beating anyways.

[cambridgealex]

Yeh never checking this flop, you've basically flopped the world.

[Mitch]

If your not gonna raise here, anyone whos decent is gonna realise your massively polarised whenever you raise the river and will crush your soul.

Also, you have a backdoor flush. A front door one is good, but this one is EXCELLENT. You should try and make some more money out of it imo.

[GreekStein]

Also, you have a backdoor flush. A front door one is good, but this one is EXCELLENT.

A+

+1 to all of Mitch's post.

I'm guessing you posting this means you lost to something like A9ss/A5ss but we should always be raising river here.

+1 to everyone who said c-bet too.

[stato_1]

As played you have to raise the river.

oh yeh and this obv

[Pinchop73]

Thank you sirs.

Under most circumstances of course I would have jammed the river. When the queen hit I was dancing around inside. It should have come the of course, but I'm no Alex Golder.

So obv I checked waiting to jam on his bet.

But I don't know. My gut instinct started to curl. I didn't feel this particular guy would be betting this much money without having a VERY good chance of having me beat.There was something about him, the way he was smirking when he was picking his betting disks.  This was easily the biggest pot of the night on this particular table. I felt his turn bet could include just as many bigger flush draws as it could 2pr/sets.

I don't know, just the way I'm running recently. That's why I decided to only call the river. obv Really really bad I know, guess I'm just meant to stack off in that situ.

Really bad in a reggy game like DTD I know, and I'm pretty certain I would have stacked off there, but there isn't the greatest need for me to stay balanced in this particular game.

The point in me posting this thread was to try and see if anybody else trusts gut instincts like this and lets it overcome a glaringly +EV spot, or do you ALWAYS go with it as it works out in the very end?

[NoflopsHomer]

Edit - forget it.