he hits bottom pair on the flop (playing 23 suited), with little chance to improve, and then pushes hard with a flush (and two overs to his pair) on the board?

i limped my AJ on the button only because i've gotten hurt with AJ, and didn't want to reopen betting.

i guess this is an example of playing by "feel", more than odds (ala rippy's recent post). clearly, i wasn't getting pot odds to call the flop bet, but:

- i'm drawing to the nut flush
- i'm pretty sure he just paired the board (just didn't think the 3), and even if he's on a flush draw to, mine's better
- based on his trying push me off of my draw, i'm pretty sure if i hit the flush, i can make a lot from it

so, the implied odds to me were quite good.

still, an odd hand...

*********** # 4 **************
PokerStars Game #545563080: Tournament #2074005, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2004/07/15 -
02:09:32 (ET)
Table '2074005 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bobrob55 (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: Jg375 (1870 in chips)
Seat 3: vovchik71 (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: fishstick666 (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: kbats (1570 in chips)
Seat 6: ThaGodFather (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Vineyard (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: gmanshade (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: E.O.D. (1360 in chips)
kbats: posts small blind 10
ThaGodFather: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fishstick666 [Jd Ad]
Vineyard: folds
gmanshade: folds
E.O.D.: calls 20
bobrob55: calls 20
Jg375: folds
vovchik71: calls 20
fishstick666: calls 20
kbats: calls 10
ThaGodFather: checks
*** FLOP *** [3d 9h Qd]
kbats: checks
ThaGodFather: checks
E.O.D.: checks
bobrob55: checks
vovchik71: bets 20
fishstick666: calls 20
kbats: folds
ThaGodFather: folds
E.O.D.: raises 120 to 140
bobrob55: folds
vovchik71: folds
fishstick666: calls 120
*** TURN *** [3d 9h Qd] [Kd]
E.O.D.: bets 300
fishstick666: raises 500 to 800
E.O.D.: raises 400 to 1200 and is all-in
fishstick666: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [3d 9h Qd Kd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
E.O.D.: shows [3h 2h] (a pair of Threes)
fishstick666: shows [Jd Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
fishstick666 collected 2820 from pot
Jg375 said, "..."
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2820 | Rake 0
Board [3d 9h Qd Kd 4c]
Seat 1: bobrob55 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Jg375 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: vovchik71 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: fishstick666 (button) showed [Jd Ad] and won (2820) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: kbats (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: ThaGodFather (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Vineyard folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: gmanshade folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: E.O.D. showed [3h 2h] and lost with a pair of Threes