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I fold the bet on the flop. I can't tell you how many times villain 1 will show down a higher diamond draw. Worse yet, villain 2 could have Kd,Qd and stack you when a 3rd diamond hits the board.

As I am sure you have thought about, this one can work either way. Either he hit a hand, has a draw, an under pair, or missed the board all together with something like 7h,8h. He'd probably call $8 (or maybe check-raises) with the first two and pitches the other two in the muck. A check here by you though looks suspicious though and you likely get checked to again on the turn; unless he makes a straight, set, or two pair and wants to protect against a flush draw.I would have probably made a bet that he could have check-raised. Something like $4 into $11.50. It looks like either a scared c

Tough hand Moneyball16...I can't see you getting away from this hand based on the action on the flop. The only other way I could see playing this hand would have been to smooth call the flop after a bet, raise, and re-raise. Not because you could have been behind (with the nuts) at that point, but this would have controlled the pot size and kept you from being priced in later. Let's say you just call, the original bettor folds and the original raiser calls. Now you are 3-handed to the turn and can legitimately be concerned about a flush draw and a set. If something like the Ac (or any non

This is a no-brainer call on the river.However, I can't imagine myself not shoving the turn. Sure, he could have flopped a set or two pair and filled up, but you can't worry about those two scenarios for $63 more into $291. Checking the turn is a huge mistake IMO though because you are giving too many hands a chance to catch up (flush draw, or any PP that trips or another 6 on river). Let's say he is on a flush draw - he shouldn't fold his $63 into $291, even with only one card to come. Make him committ the last of his chips right there. If you don't and the river is a blank he could stil

Great post TheMathProf... thanks for being so detailed.