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Originally Posted by DocNeptun

Hi,
while playing limited hold'em on pokerstars.net i lost a really big bet.. i still can't believe it happened... I decided to play [A 9] from middle position, i raised, which drove out all players except one in the BB (which i estimated as "loose-agressive")... I flopped top-pair with [4 A Q] and there was "heavy betting". The Turn brought [2], so i still held top pair and had a flush draw. The nutflush came through the backdoor on the River [6], so i went on betting, confident that i held the best possible hand... But in the end, I lost the pot against [K 10] because BB had the higher hole-card!
..is this a general poker rule or a pokerstars.net speciality? I have never heard of that darn rule before...

PS: i would love to hear your comments on my strategy

regards, Mario

You never did have the NUT flush. If you had the Ace of clubs in your hand, yes you had the nut flush. But you needed to be more careful as there were 4 cards higher than your 9 that beat you as you found out.

I've also found that people chase flushes against most odds anyway. I can't tell you how many times I've folded hands like 5 7 suited that hit a flush that would have won, but also how many times I've lost with the same hand like you did. Worse yet is when someone has nothing in their hand execpt that 10 clubs only to draw out on your 9 and your pair of aces to take down a big pot.