I am annoyed with my River play. When facing a flush scare, I try to play for a small pot. I may have top pair-top kicker, but will fold to a 30 big blind bet because I do not want to pay to an obvious flush possibility. So, it feels stupid for me to raise the River with a Straight when I knew a flush was possible. I lost 25 big blinds by not simply calling the 10 big blind River bet. How do others play their big hands against flush scares?
Ignition - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: $11.57 (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 21)
UTG+1: $21.14 (VPIP: 52.17, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 24)
Hero (MP): $9.80
MP+1: $13.31 (VPIP: 14.81, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 27)
MP+2: $2.54 (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: $3.58 (VPIP: 18.52, PFR: 18.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
BTN: $3.82 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
SB: $9.90 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
BB: $19.29 (VPIP: 34.62, PFR: 12.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) UTG has K♠ Q♠
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 7♠ 7♦
UTG calls $0.10, fold, Hero calls $0.10, fold, MP+2 raises to $0.25, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15
Flop: ($0.90, 3 players) 5♣ 2♠ 9♠
UTG checks, Hero checks, MP+2 bets $0.10, UTG calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10
Turn: ($1.20, 3 players) 8♠
UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, fold
River: ($1.80, 2 players) 6♦
UTG bets $1.00, Hero raises to $2.00, UTG raises to $3.50, Hero calls $1.50
UTG shows K♠ Q♠ (Flush, King High)
UTG wins $8.36
