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Old 03-16-2005, 11:53 AM
bodie bodie is offline
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Default Re: Loose flop call?

This hand is very weak - I wouldn't keep it unless I was in one of the blinds. If it wasn't raised I would probably complete the small blind if it's at low limits and I feel that the BB isn't going to raise. Because you "never know" what the flop will bring.
The danger of that is when the flop brings what it did here: an inside straight possibility. I have to say that even flopping a straight in O8 is dangerous, much less drawing to an inside straight. Too often a flush is enabled or the board pairs. And here you're considering drawing to an inside straight where it's quite possible that a low will be enabled, the board could pair or your King won't come. Of course, you could get an 8, but that helps the low, which you don't have, limiting you to half the pot, unless someone else gets that straight!

I would muck this hand after the flop unless it was checked around and I could see a free card.
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