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. 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.
