Turning flush draw into semibluff

[Rasmus]

Hi there!

I was playing 1/3$ in Perth Crown casino just earlier. This hand happened.

Im on BTN Ah4h. Utg limps, utg+1 limps, MP raises to 15, I call and utg, utg+1 call.

Flop comes 5h6h8c. Utg bets $15, utg+1 checks, MP calls $15, I call $15.

Turn is 10d, UTG fires $25 into $109. MP thinks a bit and calls. This a spot where I probably made a mistake and raised to $85. (It just looked pretty weak and I thought I’ll semibluff it with my flush draw).

Now UTG reraises to $185, MP folds and its on me.
$105 to call or fold. We were both pretty deep, i had about $450 beginning of the hand and he had about $500.

I decided to fold. I have a feeling that this could of been mistake as well. Big thanks to anyone who had time to read it and cheers for getting back to me!

[Ian McClellan]

If it’s me, I just flat the $25, as you suggest. Get to the river and realize your equity or minimize your loss. One of the two of them, especially the MP player, may be on the heart draw as well and you could light them up if they bet into you and really put them in a pickle.

Raising to $85 looks very polarized – as the only real hands that improve with that 10d that call $15 on the flop are a combo draw like Jh 9h, pocket 10s (which would have likely 3-bet pre or raised post-flop with 3 unders), maybe something like Ah-10h… There aren’t a lot of combos he is worried about. I think you have to consider what that raise looks like to him – and what line would you be on?

What did you put him on that just called the pre-flop raise and lead out both post-flop and post-turn? I would expect to see something like a flopped-trip (5-5, 6-6, 8-8) or more likely, an over-pair to the board – not scared by the 10, but definitely not wanting to see the river fall ANOTHER connected straight card or another heart to bring in the flush. Smells a lot like JJ,QQ,KK,AA or a tripped pocket pair, in my opinion.

Probably a good lay-down either way, but probably could have saved yourself $60 by just flatting and seeing what the river dictates! Good luck!

[Rasmus]

Yeah I was pretty fuming after I got reraised. Should of just called the $25. He showed 7h9h so straight from the flop with a flush draw. I would of got paid big time if the river would completed the flush.

Thanks for your answer, I’ll be smarter next time!

[Steven Young]

Raising the flop would be better than the turn. 2-1 on a call in the turn and your implied odds are high If you hit your flush. Call is prolly better though.

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