Overplayed TT Here?

Game # 248944404 - Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.50/1 - Table "Leon"
Game ended 2006-02-14 02:19:30 GMT+01:00

Players:
eirlas (EUR 223.63 in seat 1)
Hero (EUR 101.00 in seat 2)
Villain (EUR 160.70 in seat 3)
BingoBenny (EUR 98.50 in seat 4)
Stronkhand (EUR 270.95 in seat 5)
N1nj4_Rwa (EUR 91.05 in seat 6)

Dealer: Hero
Small Blind: Villain (0.50)
Big Blind: BingoBenny (1.00)

Hero was dealt: Ts - Td

Stronkhand Fold
N1nj4_Rwa Raise (3.00)
eirlas Fold
Hero Raise (8.00)
Villain Call (7.50)
BingoBenny Fold
N1nj4_Rwa Fold

Flop Qd - Jh - 5d

Villain Check
Hero Check

Turn Qd - Jh - 5d - Ad

Villain Check
Hero Bet (10.00)
Villain Call (10.00)

River Qd - Jh - 5d - Ad - 3d

Villain Bet (40.00)
Hero ?


So I hit my T-high flush on the river... do I call villain's pot size bet or is this an easy laydown? I also think I was too aggressive with this hand pre-flop (my goal was to isolate/eliminate initial pf raiser), and I made a mistake by not betting the flop. Thoughts? Also, how do you guys typically play TT?

I would not have bet the turn. He's got the K, or he's trying to use the 4 diamonds to scare you out. You only need to be right one in 3 times to make this a break even call. I call this.

{ moved to short-handed }

No reads, tough spot, I see a trend.

There are really only 2 hands who play like this that beat you: JJd and KKd.
Unless AxKd /AxJd flat calls on the the turn... but I would guess AJ bets that flop.

Conclusion: I didn't think you needed to bet the flop, but now I do.

You certainly cannot fold. The odds seem so remote of a Kd that I am almost tempted to raise. Probably a high variance move. Call, win.

Unfortunately no reads, this was one of my first hands at the table. I interpreted his flop & turn check as low-mid PP, since this kind of board would have been bet by most overcard combos after my flop check-behind: AJ, AQ, AK, KQ, KJ, etc. (thinking of martins players)

I don't like my turn bet either, and I really really feel that I should have bet the flop. I remember thinking at the time that only premium hands would have called my 8E preflop raise, and so I was behind, but this is flawed thinking. Call it scared if you will.

Anyway the results:

He had AKo, BUT... K of diamonds.... :x