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Isolation shove with a straight flush draw
$1-$2 live cash on a Tuesday afternoon at a local card room in New Hampshire. Almost all “regs”. A lot of limping at the table. There seem to be two “studied” players at the table, one of whom will be in this hand. I’m in the Lo-Jack (spelling?) with $210. I have 67 of clubs. 3 limps into me. I open to $12 which is the standard 1-2 open here in New England. Hi-Jack and button (one of the studied players). The SB (the other studied player) calls with about $250 in his stack. The BB calls with $57 total.
Flop is 4c,5c,2d giving me a straight flush draw and the high end of any straight draw. SB checks. BB shoves for $45. I don’t consider folding because there is already $42 (- rake) in the pot. With $198 behind I don’t think I have enough money to 3-bet. I decide to iso raise by shoving $198 in the attempt to get the SB to fold whatever it is he checked with. After a good 2 minute tank he calls. BB flips JJ. SB turns over KQc taking away my flush outs.
Turn is the 8d giving me a straight. River is 10c giving the SB a higher flush.
$210 is a lot of money (for me) to lose in one hand so I was pretty dejected. However, I’ve come away feeling I played the hand correctly. I ran it through Flopzilla and the right answer depends on the range I put the SB on. Since he called from the SB and then checked the flop I believe I should be putting him on a fairly wide range, even though I consider him to be a good player.
Any opinions?
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