Flush bluff on FullTilt

Just started playing on FullTilt recently. I can't complain about it. It's loose enough that people think they can bluff you, but tight enough so that you can bluff other players.

Full Tilt Poker Game #391715758: Table Whispering Sands - $3/$6 - Limit Hold'em - 16:19:06 ET - 2006/01/19
Seat 2: Woody Hayes ($54)
Seat 3: PestoSauce ($253)
Seat 4: bpgw ($73.50)
Seat 5: spdaly ($100)
Seat 6: doggabone ($127.50)
Seat 8: RedThong1 ($124)
Seat 9: sreynolds ($54)
Woody Hayes posts the small blind of $1.50
PestoSauce posts the big blind of $3
5 seconds left to act
bpgw posts $3
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sreynolds [6d 5c]
bpgw checks
doggabone folds
RedThong1 folds
sreynolds calls $3
Woody Hayes calls $1.50
PestoSauce checks
*** FLOP *** [3s Kh 4s]
Woody Hayes checks
PestoSauce bets $3
bpgw folds
sreynolds calls $3
Woody Hayes folds
*** TURN *** [3s Kh 4s] [9h]
PestoSauce bets $6
sreynolds calls $6
*** RIVER *** [3s Kh 4s 9h] [8s]
PestoSauce checks
sreynolds bets $6
PestoSauce folds
Uncalled bet of $6 returned to sreynolds
sreynolds shows [6d 5c] (King Nine high)
sreynolds wins the pot ($29)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30 | Rake $1
Board: [3s Kh 4s 9h 8s]
Seat 2: Woody Hayes (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: PestoSauce (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 4: bpgw folded on the Flop
Seat 5: spdaly is sitting out
Seat 6: doggabone didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: RedThong1 didn't bet (folded)



Had to of course show my monster six high to the guy who bet every street. Probably wasn't getting the best odds to call the whole way down, but I put him on a pair based on his playing and I had the upper open ended straight draw. :shrug:

on the flop, I would raise. I would then probably bet the turn in this heads up pot. The river if it got there is a matter of feeling. Although I'm guessing if you raised the flop and bet the turn he'd have a harder time of putting you on the flush draw, which is what I'm guessing he made you for.

Way to play 5 6

56s isnt terrible in a 4 way pot, i'm assuming thats a bit crowded at 3/6, its norm/below average at 1/2 or lower.

that said, i probably would have played it similarly. don't think i would have pulled the trigger on the river though. i think its too likely to get called, most people will make that last call for one bb.

bluffs are never as interesting in limit.

preflop is a raise or fold. with heavy preference given to folding. river I usually don't like because in this blind-button dynamic you almost always get called here. unless you have a specific read that he can make heroic folds for 1 bet and you've been playing tight.

Yes, I realize the pre-flop play was really weak. It's pretty inexcusable, but I was on the button and somewhat on tilt (I had a really bad beat a couple hands before). I figured that once I was on the flop, I may as well stick around with the top end of an open ended straight draw and position.

Also based on his play, and my aggressive, tight image (also I don't normally bet on draws, and this was apparent in past play in the same session) I figured I could pull it off on the river.

And yeah, cacaphobia I normally maintain a no open limp policy. But I was pissed off that my flopped set of kings got drawn out by a low runner-runner flush draw who called three bets pre-flop.