How do you bet this?....(Not meant as posting a bad beat)

[BobbySalami]

I felt like a total asshat....I played this hand TERRIBLE. I dont believe I reraised enough on the flop. And then I fell in love with my hand and couldnt slow down after the turn knowing that it could easily be a split pot.

Do you Push on the flop?...or do about the same and slow down on the turn?..........

FullTiltPoker Game #167984515: Table Chandler Mews - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:27:17 ET - 2005/07/28
Seat 1: SkinnyWhiteBoy ($8.70)
Seat 2: Husky7438 ($6.70)
Seat 3: Dirty_Dish ($10), is sitting out
Seat 4: Prime Objective ($5.20)
Seat 5: Zacus ($11.85)
Seat 6: MarkyMarkATFB ($12.95)
Seat 7: kidviper ($11), is sitting out
Seat 8: BobbySalami ($7.10)
Seat 9: KaribbeanKidd ($9.65)
MarkyMarkATFB posts the small blind of $0.05
BobbySalami posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BobbySalami [7c 5h]
KaribbeanKidd folds
SkinnyWhiteBoy calls $0.10
Husky7438 calls $0.10
Prime Objective folds
Zacus calls $0.10
MarkyMarkATFB folds
BobbySalami checks
*** FLOP *** [6h 3d 4d]
BobbySalami bets $0.35
SkinnyWhiteBoy folds
Husky7438 raises to $0.70
Zacus calls $0.70
BobbySalami raises to $3.25
Husky7438 calls $2.55
Zacus calls $2.55
*** TURN *** [6h 3d 4d] [5s]
BobbySalami bets $3.75, and is all in
Husky7438 has 15 seconds left to act
Husky7438 folds
Zacus calls $3.75
BobbySalami shows [7c 5h]
Zacus shows [7d Qd]
*** RIVER *** [6h 3d 4d 5s] [2d]
BobbySalami shows a straight, Seven high
Zacus shows a flush, Queen high
Zacus wins the pot ($16.85) with a flush, Queen high
BobbySalami is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17.70 | Rake $0.85

Board: [6h 3d 4d 5s 2d]
Seat 1: SkinnyWhiteBoy folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Husky7438 folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Dirty_Dish is sitting out
Seat 4: Prime Objective didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Zacus (button) showed [7d Qd] and won ($16.85) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 6: MarkyMarkATFB (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: kidviper is sitting out
Seat 8: BobbySalami (big blind) showed [7c 5h] and lost with a straight, Seven high
Seat 9: KaribbeanKidd didn't bet (folded)

[Galapogos]

Not much you can do with these guys that believe chasing a flush is their key to the fortune city. Just keep playing like this and it will pay off in the long run. You could say you shoulda pushed but I'll bet anything he was calling it anyway.

[Zangief]

I see nothing wrong with your play. I like your big flop reraise and your push on the turn. Your opponent just happened to get incredibly lucky to catch the one card he needed for a straight. This allowed him to freeroll the flush draw on you. It sucks, but I would have played it exactly the same. You can't expect him to call a huge reraise with an inside straight draw.

[BobbySalami]

Not much you can do with these guys that believe chasing a flush is their key to the fortune city. Just keep playing like this and it will pay off in the long run. You could say you shoulda pushed but I'll bet anything he was calling it anyway.

So I gave him bad odds to call still then?.......He had a gutshot and flush draw, should I have pushed it harder to make it worse odds or were they bad enough?

And also what do you do on the turn when your hand is GREATLY reduced....I felt all my chips were going in on this hand so I might as well push em in....but I was in the worst possible shape with him freerolling on me. So what do you do on the turn if you didnt push the flop?

[BobbySalami]

Okay...thanks zangief...I wrote the previous reply before you did...lol

[dodgerfan29]

yeah i agree..you played that well and he just got lucky..nothing wrong with that play whatsoever imo

[lowBoy]

You got lucky on the flop that someone raised so you could come over top of them... on a flop with 6 players and two to a flush, I like to push people out. Make it AT LEAST a pot-sized bet to open the betting, I'd go as far as 1.5 x pot. With such a small bet, it only takes two loose calls before everyone's in with their draws.

After that, your play is good. Pushing the flop would also be acceptable.

[BobbySalami]

You got lucky on the flop that someone raised so you could come over top of them... on a flop with 6 players and two to a flush, I like to push people out. Make it AT LEAST a pot-sized bet to open the betting, I'd go as far as 1.5 x pot. With such a small bet, it only takes two loose calls before everyone's in with their draws.

After that, your play is good. Pushing the flop would also be acceptable.

That makes sense....But it was 4 handed not 6...so my $0.35 into a $0.40 pot was close to pot size. I geuss I just hoping someone would raise.....but excellent point.