Quote Originally Posted by finky
Usually I'd raise the flop, take it down or juce it if I hit. Raising the turn is also a good idea as again it builds a pot and gets money in before any scare cards come, the board pairing could beat you or another heart could kill your action, thats 15 cards in total.

The river is a probably the worst card to come, it will be hard to stack any baby flushes and there is the possibility of a slowplayed set or 2 pair filling up. As played I like the value bet.
Too true.
Like I said, I had been temporarily spoiled, with the last three nut-flush flops/turns being paid off with a stack. And the action that came WHEN the three-flush hit made me think it would happen again, x2 perhaps.
Your first paragraph makes so much sense in hindsight, and is exactly what I knew I did poorly ten seconds after the hand ended. Exactly the opposite of how I would normally play it.
But at the time.