OESD with flush draw

Jam-Fly

HU in a $16 9man SNG Level VIII (200/400)
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Villain (3520 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (9980 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero COLOR="Red"]Th 8h[/COLOR
Villain: calls 200
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** COLOR="Red"]Kh [/COLOR][COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]9d[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]7h[/COLOR
Hero: checks
Villain: bets 800

I assume this is a push? Is check raising ok on flop or is it better to just bet out.

RoadSweeper

Jam-Fly wrote:

HU in a $16 9man SNG Level VIII (200/400)
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Villain (3520 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (9980 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero COLOR="Red"]Th 8h[/COLOR
Villain: calls 200
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** COLOR="Red"]Kh [/COLOR][COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]9d[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]7h[/COLOR
Hero: checks
Villain: bets 800

I assume this is a push? Is check raising ok on flop or is it better to just bet out.

you should be willing to go all the way with this.

I push the flop. Some may prefare to check raise

Macspower

your never folding this hand so I'm getting my money in the middle... you may have some FE as well and if called you have loadsa outs... I'd open push as you have more FE then...

Just my opinion

Mac

Flushdraw

I'd never open push for 9500 into an 800 pot. I like the CRAI on the flop or i might even call his flop bet and push any turn. Even if you double him up, you're still almost level in chips so i dont mind racing here

RoundTower

Hey Jamie,
I would push now definitely, there's good chance he folds and if he calls a good chance you win the pot. I would normally just bet out on the flop, unless he was constantly betting when checked to in these pots.

BuChan

heads up i might even raise this preflop most of the time, although that's not really necessary i suppose. had the villain been limp reraising you preflop? i'd certainly lead the flop regardless of whether i'd raised preflop or not but check raising is fine too if you know the villian will bet when checked to. but, i think it takes away FE since villian has put in 1/4 of his stack so he's probably not folding any piece of it but that's not really the end of the world as you're hand is very strong anyway, it's quite possible you have a 10 as an extra 3 outs to win if called.

dvdfan

I like the Check Raise here, it allows him to bluff with a hand he might not call a bet with like a small PP and if he just checks you get to see a cheap turn card with lots of outs Win Win situation.