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Played too slow with a straight flush???

Iny0urf4ceIny0urf4ce
edited February 2014 in The Poker Clinic

This is my 1st post here so hope its all ok.

Should I be more aggro with this hand with out being results orientated?
Any opinion/comment is welcomed
Thanks

Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance
katy123  Small blind   £0.05  £0.05  £10.23 
fran63  Big blind   £0.10  £0.15  £7.18 
   Your hole cards  10x 9h          
VINEY73  Call   £0.10  £0.25  £17.10 
xander09  Call   £0.10  £0.35  £10.19 
Iny0urf4ce  Call   £0.10  £0.45  £19.97 
katy123  Call   £0.05  £0.50  £10.18 
fran63  Check     
Flop
      Qh Kh Jh          
katy123  Check     
fran63  Check     
VINEY73  Check     
xander09  Check     
Iny0urf4ce  Bet   £0.25  £0.75  £19.72 
katy123  Fold     
fran63  Fold     
VINEY73  Call   £0.25  £1.00  £16.85 
xander09  Fold     
Turn
      10h          
VINEY73  Check     
Iny0urf4ce  Bet   £0.60  £1.60  £19.12 
VINEY73  Raise   £1.70  £3.30  £15.15 
Iny0urf4ce  Call   £1.10  £4.40  £18.02 
River
      5x          
VINEY73  Bet   £4.40  £8.80  £10.75 
Iny0urf4ce  Call   £4.40  £13.20  £13.62 
VINEY73  Show  Ah 4x    
Iny0urf4ce  Muck  10s 9h    
VINEY73  Win  Royal Flush  £12.21   £22.96 

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Comments

  • KAM99KAM99
    edited February 2014
    Tough spot, and massively hard to laydown a straight flush, but really what is he going to be raising here? Maybe a weaker flush, but given you still fire at him on the turn I'm not sure he raises a weak flush. Sickening laydown to make, but it is "just" about do-able.

    As for playing your straight flush more aggresively. You bet out on flop was fine as you didn't want to lose everyone. Trun brings another heart whch sucks for you if he has the ace, so it's tough to bet big, and so all in all I don't think you did much wrong. I also think it is the first time I've seen a royal flush beat a straight flush since I started playing poker. Well, not first-time I guess as sine it on uTube. Still not seen it while playing.
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  • shakinacesshakinaces
    edited February 2014
    I think you did well to not lose your whole stack to be honest, I'd probably mug myself off there and get it all in at some point after the turn card!

    FWIW, if I read that right then you are on the button in this hand?  With a hand that can flop quite well I'd maybe suggest that a raise pre-flop (to 50p/60p, given the limpers) may have (possibly) folded the raggy ace hand pre-flop... plus could have made it a bit easier to c-bet the flop bigger to try and get value from your straight...

    That may in turn make it a bit easier to gauge that the Ah must be out there if someone calls a far bigger bet on the flop... possibly?

    I still think I'd struggle to put down the idiot end of a straight flush without it being against one of the nittiest players at my level.  Sky need to get themselves a bad-beat jackpot to try and ease the pain of losing with a straight flush!
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  • Iny0urf4ceIny0urf4ce
    edited February 2014

    Thank you both for the reply, much appreciated

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