Please, No One Checks a Flopped Flush Draw

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (8 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($1274.50)
UTG ($955)
UTG+1 ($824)
MP1 ($1508)
MP2 ($1042)
CO ($1015)
Button ($1230)
SB ($490)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, K
2 folds, MP1 bets $20, 4 folds, Hero calls $10

Flop: ($45) 9, 4, 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks

Turn: ($45) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $30, MP1 raises to $120, Hero raises to $345, 1 fold

Total pot: $285 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero didn’t show J, K.
Outcome: Hero won $282

Basically, I think he has something but rarely a flush. I like my hand for 3-betting because it has a lot of outs against his calling range but very little against his shoving range, which I expect to be flushes only. Thus, I can make a high-equity semi-bluff without risking a situation where I’m forced to fold away a lot of equity, since I think when he shoves my hand is not worth much anyway.

3 thoughts on “Please, No One Checks a Flopped Flush Draw”

  1. Hello Mr. Brokos,
    First, thanks for answering my question concerning the 333’s and the WSOP 2008. If you would, what about the over bet(??). Given that you were expecting the check to you on the turn, does the over bet come into play? Does an over bet normally imply a scared/lesser hand scenario, making the insta-call routine?
    Second, sorry but I cannot do the Face-Book deal because I do not have a Face-Book account.
    Third, given the check/check scenario on the flush draw flop, doesn’t your flop/check turn/lead imply the flush got there for your hand (you bet the scare card flush, implying that you checked your flush draw on flop), then re-raise because your thinking is that no one checks a flopped flush draw. These are much different stakes and skill levels, but I think that at the lower levels, where I play, there are a multitude of villains, who will check their flush draws to trap, on a regular basis. Am I off base here??? Thanks again for your time and attention, if you answer, FS.

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