2 Orbit, nothing unusual soo far. His weak lead on flop and turn puts him on flush draw. Do I bet the river or will he call with Ax/Jx spades. Who folds the turn?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Hero ($54.85)
Button ($26)
SB ($78)
BB ($12)
UTG ($45.25)
MP ($28.75)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold.

Flop: ($4.50) , , (2 players)
SB bets $1.5, Hero raises to $7, SB calls $5.50.

Turn: ($18.50) (2 players)
SB bets $7.5, Hero raises to $26, SB calls $18.50.

River: ($70.50) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero ??

I think the weak bet is not necessarily a flush draw. First thing I thought of was a weaker Ace. In that case, he would could have hit two pair with something like A6, and be betting small to pull you into the pot with a smallish bet. I don't see him betting out with a flush draw since the fact you raised pre-flop and both an Ace and a King hit the flop...surely he would think one of those cards, if not both, hit you. He could have also something like QJ of spades, and thus was playing a straight and flush draw. I think his hand range is very fairly wide here on the flop, but the fact that he called a decent raise on the flop and a larger raise on the turn probably means he hit something. Sometimes he will have a busted draw, but I think many times you could see A6, AJ, or even 66. That being said, his check shows weakness on the river. If you think it is a missed draw, I think you have to push here, since more than 3/5 of your stack is in already. Either push all-in or check, and honeestly I am not sure which would be the best decision here. You have three overcards on the board and also a possible straight (unlikely though since you have two tens), so I probably just check behind here.

On that flop in a raised pot there is a very good chance he caught a piece of it that he's not going to fold. I let go on the turn.

On the flop, you tried to take it away from him and it didnt' work so I let go. Personally, I prefer more of a dryish flop like say K72r where you can fold AQ to a raise, etc.

I dont think this is necessarily a draw. In fact, I think this is rarely a draw in my experience. This is something like AJ,AT,A9 or KQ,KJ,KT most of the time when I face it.

I really don't like the turn raise, I like the other responses I don't think this is a flush draw all that often. It feels like he is either trying a blocking bet but since he already called a flop raise he isn't folding to a turn raise. If he is on the flush draw there is a decent chance he has a pair with it, if he doesn't he has 9 outs, so you chances of getting outdrawn when you are ahead are small and i donut like the chances of him folding after calling a raise on the flop. This is also a way I have seen people play big hands because it builds a pot.