How Scared of the Straight Flush should I be....

[ftdoc2b]

This is a hand I played tonight.... and I was wondering if I should have slowed down just in case of the straight flush draw against my Ace high flush. Should I have slowplayed? Tried for the cap bets on the turn instead of the betting war on the flop? Also feel free to add the Player on the button to your fish list at Party Poker... Made 35BB off him in under 2 hours with river calling play.



***** Hand History for Game 287597341 *****
0.50/1 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Wed Dec 17 03:56:39 EST 2003
Table Card Room Table 3764 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: kmdskins ( $13)
Seat 2: gymji ( $10)
Seat 3: ROY_AL ( $29.25)
Seat 4: Purrps ( $24)
Seat 5: beberenee ( $12)
Seat 6: nordkaos69 ( $52.75)
Seat 7: kahnxxxxxx ( $41.75)
Seat 8: winagain2 ( $34.25)
Seat 9: footdoc2b ( $34)
Seat 10: fat_one ( $46.50)
footdoc2b posts small blind (0.25)
fat_one posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to footdoc2b [ Ac, Ah ]
kmdskins folds.
gymji folds.
ROY_AL raises (1) to 1
Purrps folds.
beberenee folds.
nordkaos69 folds.
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
footdoc2b raises (1.25) to 1.50
fat_one folds.
ROY_AL raises (1) to 2
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
footdoc2b calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Th, Qh, 2h ]
footdoc2b bets (0.50)
ROY_AL raises (1) to 1
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
footdoc2b raises (1) to 1.50
ROY_AL raises (1) to 2
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
footdoc2b calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7h ]
footdoc2b bets (1)
ROY_AL calls (1)
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
footdoc2b bets (1)
ROY_AL calls (1)
kahnxxxxxx calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $18 | Rake: $0.50
Board: [ Th Qh 2h 7h 8h ]
kmdskins balance $13, didn't bet (folded)
gymji balance $10, didn't bet (folded)
ROY_AL balance $23.25, lost $6 [ Kc Kh ] [ a flush, king high with king kicker -- Kh,Qh,Th,8h,7h ]
Purrps balance $24, didn't bet (folded)
beberenee balance $12, didn't bet (folded)
nordkaos69 balance $52.75, didn't bet (folded)
kahnxxxxxx balance $35.75, lost $6 [ 7c Jh ] [ a flush, queen high -- Qh,Jh,Th,8h,7h ]
winagain2 balance $34.25, sits out
footdoc2b balance $46, bet $6, collected $18, net +$12 [ Ac Ah ] [ a flush, ace high with ace kicker -- Ah,Qh,Th,8h,7h ]
fat_one balance $46, lost $0.50 (folded)
kmdskins has left the table.

[mchilger]

I would never worry about a straight flush in this situation. If that happens, the poker gods are against you. MCH

[pilchard]

I generally never worry about a straight flush either, however, given this board and the betting action if you are up against a sensible player and they raised your river bet you would have to give it serious consideration given that you have the Ah and that they capped the flop and only called the turn.

They would have to be worried about the Ah with two players left on the river so what would they raise with?

On the river if you faced a raise you might be better off going for the overcall (against a sensible player). If an overcall is not possible because the raiser is the middle player and the late player folds whether you 3 bet is not straight forward. Against a sensible player I would just call a river raise because although it is unlikely he has the straight flush there is not a lot else that makes sense.