Quote Originally Posted by Renton
did you not think he had a flush?
Thats exactly what I thought he had (and why I though raiseing the turn might have been a better play) .. This points out another problem in my game that I need to fix. I hate to call/check after taking the lead in a pot. I hate it so much, that I sometimes raise/bet when checking is the right move.

But while the $22 river bet wasnt exactly small, it wasnt much bigger than the flop or turn bets, and the pot was a lot bigger at this point.

You (or at least I) would think that if he liked his flush, the bet would have been larger.

If someone calls $12 into a $48 pot on the turn, I would think that a $22 bet would be a little low into a $72 pot... I would have bet more like $30...

But then it's been about 8 months from the last time I played $200NL ring... I'm used to MTT's and SnG's now...

I guess I have a lot to relearn.

Thanks for the help... I think I'm going to stick to two tables for a while to get back into practice at reading better, and just as critical, relearning if/when/why diffrent players are willing to fold/call/raise.

At least this hand ended well (he folded)