Correction on Hand 2
I see you had a straight flush draw. This is a hand to play very aggressively. I lost a pot last night in a similar situation (str8 flush draw ). Although when somebody will likely call you, you are still getting into a coinflip situation (which as I contend is not desirable if you are at a table of weak live players who are not going to lay down a good top pair or overpair hand).
In my hand, I was in LP with 68h (I had posted the blind after just getting into game). Flop came 5h, 7d, and Jh. 4 players checked and I bet the pot. I was checkraised, but getting almost 2-1 to call. Easy call. A push would be acceptable with the extra money in pot, but does a checkraise imply that he will fold? I don't think so. On turn, he bet enough to again give me almost 2-1 odds. With the money behind, this was a value-call. Turn was a blank and I folded to an allin bet. If I hit (especially the str
I would have gotten the rest of his chips - he probably had 2 pair or a set. I salvaged around 2/3 of my stack. If I had pushed, I would have been a slight favorite, he would almost certainly have called me (he checkraised me from blinds with likely 2 pair or set), and I would have been felted. I don't like the way this hand played out. I think long-term the optimal play would be to check against multiple potential checkraisers. Sure, I could have folded the 4 players if nobody had anything - wuhoo! I would have won a smallish pot. I was getting kick-a*s odds to just take a card off.
Bad beat stories with these types of hands always go "but I had a str8 flush draw!".
