I'm on the button with
[Th]. Five limpers, so I limp in as well. SB completes, BB checks.
Flop comes
[Td][Jh]. Good.
SB checks, MP bets, 1 call, I raise. Now SB reraises. Only MP calls. I cap, both call.
Turn is
. Now the SB bets, MP raises. I call, but SB reraises and MP caps. I call, SB calls.
River is
. SB bets, MP raises, I fold, SB reraises, MP calls.
SB has
[Tc] for the boat and wins a big pot, MP has
[Qh] and is not amused.
Of course I'm not complaining about not making my flush, but I wonder if I should have invested less money here.
Was capping the flop a mistake? I wanted to get the money in before the flush hit. I thought that the SB had top pair or top two pair, and that he wanted to drive the MP out or punish me for my draw/free card play.
In hindsight, MP calling the reraise made me think. Sure, I'm drawing to the best hand, but from his point of view it is likely that I have a flush draw. Would he draw to the straight when there is a flush draw out? Surely he is more justified in doing so if he holds two hearts, not because his flush draw adds much (not the nut draw) but because I have less outs. So, should I have discounted my outs? In hindsight I should have, but then, I have seen many draws to very non-nuts there...
Anyone in favor of folding the turn?
Pieter