[aliensyndm]

Well whatever hand you do put him on I'm definitely calling the extra $10 to see the turn. If the turn comes a diamond you have to go all in in on the turn in case he has a set. He may or may not call if he does, obviously you would want the call. If he has a flush there's a good chance he'll call as well. If he has two pair he'd have to be a munter to call that but sometimes they do.

The decision is if you call the $10 and the turn is not a diamond, that's the real tough question. It's very hard to try and discern what he might have knowing nothing of the player. Obvious danger hands are 33,88,JJ
Is the person the kind of player who would check raise to try and get you off a pot or has he check raised the minimum cos he wants called ?
J8 is a possible hand as well.
Something tells me he's probably on a flush draw himself but is trying to represent that he already has it by check-raising. Could be totally wrong but it's hard not being at the table and having seen the person play etc you know.

OK so say the turn is a blank like 2 spades. If he checks I would check along with him, free chance to catch the nuts, if you are beaten you're just putting money into a pot you are losing. Now if he bets the pot on the turn, which would be 53.50 you're probably gonna have to lay it down. You would only expect that kind of play from something better than 1 pair, which is the only hand you are currently beating and you certainly do not have odds to draw a diamond. Now if he sticks in a somewhat smaller bet like $10 then yeah of course you can call that with decent pot odds and implied odds. The only slight danger is if he has a set and the river makes a flush but fills him up for a full house. You'd do well not to lose your stack if that happens as it would be hard to fold the nut flush there


Ok what I would probably do is call the inital $10, if I catch a diamond on the river I am putting all my money in. If the turn is a blank I will call a smallish bet for another diamond as long as the turn didn't pair the board in which case I could be drawing dead, but I'd probably have to fold to a pot sized bet on the turn if I didn't improve.


OK muze so tell us what happened ?