I had the Ace of diamonds, I put him on AK or AQ with a single heart, doubting that he had flopped the flush. The odds to flop a flush are so tremendous for a hand like that, but I still feel I played it badly.
With his 3BB raise preflop he could have easily indicated 10 10 or 99. Making top or second set on the flop was much more probable than his flush.
The reason that I say I played it badly was because Roy respects my play, and knows that I'm a solid player. If I had played straightforward poker and reraised his 3BB raise to about 12BB to 15BB he would have folded for sure. However, had any other player reraised him, he may have made the call.
The reason I say that he would have folded is because Roy and I have played together in the past at stakes as high as $20/$40nl and we have a feel for each other's play. Had the hand been heads up or three handed, he may have been willing to call a big preflop raise with KQs, but not 8 or 9 handed, no way.
I tell just about every really big hand to Jason, just because he seems to have a good grasp on things having played poker for so long. No matter how long I play, I'm always interested in other player's insights on how hands play out and what other players may have done or had (if they folded).
During the LAPC I had a big hand that I played against Antonio Esfandiari. Jason was able to give me some good insight on the possible hands that Antonio had in that $22k pot that he folded. Thanks Jason!
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