Message Board : No Limit flush- 1 mistake or several?

Preflop- I'm in cutoff with 7h9h, there are 3 limpers to me, I call. The button raises to 3.7xbb(1-3), sb calls, limpers call, so it's 7-1 on my money when it gets back, I"m to the immediate right of the raiser, I call.  ( I started this hand with 80bb's, most have me covered but not all).

Flop–AhJhTh. All check to me, the pot is 20 bb's (rake). The raiser is only one left after me. I did not check to raiser in case the flop scared him, but I underbet the pot (something I normally dont' do) with a 7 bb bet. I wanted it to look like I had something and didn't want drawers. Or a weak stab at pot with suited flop.Plus K or Qh is a draw anyway. Button calls, sb calls.

 Turn is the 3c. Pot is 41 bb's. Sb checks ( he has only about 15bb's left). I bet 20 bb's. This gives the button roughly 3-1 on his money. (I should have bet a little more I think). If I can't get away from my hand then little close to 5.8-1.   But I think 2pair or set would have raised me or will now. Even so, set is roughly only a 3.5-1 underdog ( discounting my cards). 2pair bout 10-1. The K or Q of hearts 6.7-1 underdog. Now I feel if the board pairs I could get away, but if a heart comes I'll wait and see. The button thinks for a long time and calls. The sb throws his 15 and is all-in.

In my mind the thing I'm most worried about here is a heart. The river was the Qh. Now only the Kh beats my hand. I had seen the button call all the way before with a weaker hand. I thought he possibly had A and small heart. Or had a straight and didn't raise turn maybe. Anyway, and this was probably stupid, I bet 15bb's. I thought he might call with a missed set  or smaller flush. Well, he went all-in for my last 35 bb's. The pot was now 165 bb's. If it hadn't been the Qh think I would have folded. I felt dismal because the action made me pretty sure I was beat, but I was getting about 4.6-1 to call on the end. Only the Kh beats me and the all-in guy could have it.

The button had KcKh. I should have bet more than 1/2 pot on turn but didn't want to runoff a weaker hand/draw. Even not getting away from my hand he didn't have odds to draw, but I think I cut it too close on his making a mistake. This guy was a gamlber though, really thought he might think I would fold anything but the nut here. Only thing that made me feel better( not much) was he said he wasn't going anywhere with that hand and I believe him. He was on a hot run and had huge stack. Oh, and I have been off for 7weeks.(excuse )

But , that's irrelevant. Ed, did I make huge mistakes here or small ones. I was so confident at limit and fairly successful, but this nl… Should I feel confident enough with very limited nl experience to fold getting 4.6-1 on only 35bb's left.

Oh baby, the Royal.

I would have played it a little faster.  Not because you would have pushed the villain out of the hand, but that you would have been able to get all the money in ahead.  I don't think you are going to get rid of the villain.  You limp/called.  In his eyes, more than likely you have some sort of draw and maybe a made baby flush and maybe a weak A.  If you had a set, you almost surely would put in a big bet to find out where you are.  It isn't very likely you have a set.  Only JJ and TT make any sense at all and often those hands are raising in late position to a couple of limpers.  I would have put you on a weak A or some sort of baby flush/draw.  I think you could pretty easily have QhJx, QhTx or Tx9h.  and be throwing out those blocking bets drawing to a lesser flush.  It's also really easy to think that you have AXs and are betting a little scared.

He has second pair, a gut shot and a nut flush draw.  Unless he puts you on a baby flush exactly, he's getting pretty good money the whole way.

I'm not clear how he didn't stick in a big raise on the flop to try to take you off a baby A.

In any case, you aren't getting away from the hand on the end.  A K and K only beats you. I think you have to look him up getting 4-1 in an enormous pot. 

Threads13, 

               I agree I misplayed this hand. However, part of my thinking was that he was not ~ 4-1 with a higher heart , but if he had that he thought he was. He can only have Kh or Qh. That makes 9 left. I have 2 h's , that's 7. And the 8h gives me a straight flush, that's 6 left. So he is a 6.7-1 underdog. 2 pair is an even weaker hand or take a cheap chance with a gutshot. Figured a set or straight would raise me, maybe even 2 pair. So one thought was keep weaker draws in at a bad price or get raised and then re-raise all-in, hoping the small bet might get things rolling if someone had a strong hand and weaker ones take a stab. (Todd, I agree with you, I was surprised he didn't raise with that hand)

I do think I should have bet more on the turn. The more I have thought about it maybe I should have checked on the flop hoping button /raiser bet and then re-raised. I was guessing flop might scare him off or he would wait for turn to bet. 3rd nut flush on the flop is a pretty robust hand and I want to get the betting going.

So, even if I made the wrong play I was hoping Ed would sound in on my logic and if my thought processes are out in left field.But, to reiterate, I don't feel good about the way I played the hand. And I didn't trust my instincts on the river. I almost checked ready to fold. But if I checked and he went all-in could be a bluff, but after I bet my stack is so small I think maybe I 'm supposed to call anyway. Like I felt sure, but can one be that sure at 4.6-1. I don't know, off my head, 18% of the time he's bluffing I break even. Obviously I need help.