Is it ever right to give a free card
Sorry I have somehow managed to break my PT, thats another story.
I was playing on Crypto last night and this hand came up. Villan was playing very tight and 'standard' I guess at 4 of my tables of 25NL. Nothing out of the ordinary but no stats, as I said my PT is busto.
Anyway the action limps round to me in the small blind with :kc: :ad: sorry I cant remember suits. Everyone folds but opp who was on the button. 2 see the flop.
Flop comes something like :as: :7h: :4h: and I am first to go. I CHECK giving villan the free card.
As I said he was playing very tight and folding a lot post flop here was my thinking - Either he has a weaker ace that will bet to protect the flush I can then raise - He may have small pockets that have missed and will take a stab but shut down quickly when called or the flush hits - He might have the flush draw in which case I have to be cautious when the draw hits or which he may bet and I can call/raise depending on sizing.
I had also not been out of line at any showdowns so given that he was some sort of thinking player and ~hopefully~ he had the same idea about me over 4 tables. The flop check goes a long way to ruling out the Ace in his mind. As the golden rule is not to give free cards!
Basically I am taking a gamble that the flush misses 2/3 times in order to get extra bets.
He checked through.
The turn blanked and I led for the pot ~2 that he called and I checked to him on the turn and called his ~$4 bet pretty quickly.
If I won I got $6 from lots of hands that he was folding to a flop lead.
Is my thinking OK or criminally flawed? I am ready to dump the hand like a cheap suit if the flush hits.