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[DonHansen]

I haven't been playing for more than six months, but have been reading up on the usual suspects including Mr. Hilger here So I know the basics and beat the 3/6 limit-games.

Yesterday I played the below hand and was immensly proud of myself afterwards, I thought it was a gutsy play, making the other guy fold on the river against my nothing hand. But was it ballsy or reckless? I really would appreciate if someone could run me through it.

It's a 3/6 limit 10-handed game. Everbody folds preflop to the SB (me) who raise the BB with Kc3c. BB calls, flop is Jd, 6c, 6h. I have a backdoor flushdraw and three good outs to a K, so I deside to stay the aggressor and bet the flop. BB raise, I reraise and BB calls. Even though I might be behind at this point, I like to reraise the flop when I'm acting first. It's for value if I improve, or it might scare the other guy into checking the turn after me so I can pick up a free card if needed.

The turn is the Qs so the board is now J66Q rainbow. Flushdraw gone I'm down to three outs to a K. But I have this guy on an overcard-draw now, so I keep representing a J and bet. BB calls, river is a blank (2h) - I bet. BB folds, I pick up the $48 pot.

I was so cocky I had to show the hand afterwards, but nobody seemed to care. But the BB was whipped, he didn't defence his blinds with no less than bullets after that.

So was this anyhing to brag about or just luck against a weak player?

[nsidestrate]

I was so cocky I had to show the hand afterwards, but nobody seemed to care. But the BB was whipped, he didn't defence his blinds with no less than bullets after that.

So was this anyhing to brag about or just luck against a weak player?

The play itself was OK in the right spot -- I will often try to run over players that allow me to do so until they prove they won't let me. Showing was a big mistake, in my view. You have now put everyone on the table on notice that you are willing to do this and you are much less likely to get away with it next time. If you do show a hand like this, you need to be careful to make sure you have a real hand for the next 20 minutes or so, because they are going to think you are full of crap every time.

I'd prefer to let everyone think you had the hand you represented and have them continue to let you push them around.