Mariano needs to start betting and should bet a little larger since he needs to find a way to get money into the pot. I like Andy's check because he is unlikely to be outdrawn since most people would bet this flop with two pair or a set. Charles got out of the way and Andy check-raised to $35,000. Mariano on Hustler Casino LiveĪndy checked again on the 3 ♥ turn and Mariano bet $8,000. Incredibly, the flop landed J ♦ 9 ♦ Q ♦ to give Mariano a straight flush while also giving Andy the nut flush. Mariano then four-bet to $9,000 as both opponents called.Ĭharles and Andy played this straightforwardly preflop, while Mariano mixed it up a bit by deciding to four-bet instead of calling with king-ten suited. Andy then decided to call in the big blind with A ♦ 4 ♦. Action folded to Charles on the button, who three-bet to $2,000 with 8 ♥ 7 ♥. The hand kicked off at stakes of $100/$200/$200 with Mariano opening to $500 from under the gun with K ♦ 10 ♦.

Nik Airball Loses $477K Pot W/ Flush Over Flush! Mariano makes a good bet on the turn, I think he should use a larger bet size now that we are on the turn, as it is harder to extract a lot of value from two streets rather than three.

In this strategy column, I will discuss how Mariano should bet on the flop in this multiway hand in a four-bet pot as there are plenty of hands that would still call on the flop. Fortunately for Mariano, Andy has the one hand that would pay him the full double - an ace-high flush. Nut flush: any flush which it is impossible for another player at the table to beat.Mariano likely just won the largest pot of his career when he flopped a king-high straight flush on Hustler Casino Live against fellow HCL regular Andy Stacks.Royal flush: an ace high straight flush, the highest possible straight flush.Straight flush: 5 consecutive cards of the same suit.For example, in poker, there are the following: Types of flush An ordinary flush of diamondsĬertain games recognise different types of flush.

The words origin is 'fluxus' in Latin, which means 'flow'. The general meaning of the word flush is fullness or abundance, as there are similar meaning words in Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish. Flushes are one of the types of scoring hand in poker. There are different types of flush, including straight, where the flush is formed from a run of cards in unbroken sequence of ranks. Hand in card games A royal flush in heartsĪ flush is a hand of playing cards where all cards are of the same suit.

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