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Old 05-05-2003, 10:43 AM
Homer Homer is offline
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Default Re: checkraise this?

Preflop - Your limp is a bit loose with only one limper before you. You want more multiway action to play a hand like 65s.

Flop - Your hand is a monster. You have the nuts with a redraw to a flush. I would check to the preflop raisor and hope for him to autobet. Then hopefully the two players in between will call and you can checkraise. If you bet into the preflop raisor he will likely raise since he raised preflop (a lot of players will raise here even with just overcards) and you will force your opponents to call two bets cold, which you don't want.

Turn - If the button three-bets the flop (after you checkraise), he is almost certainly on an overpair (or less likely, but still possible, a big flush draw). In this case, checkraise the turn. He will bet when checked to, even if he is on the flush draw (very few players can resist betting even after having raised for a free card). If he just calls your flop checkraise, bet the turn when checked to.

Comments - With your hand you want to build a big pot, not do anything you can to take it down right away. You have the nut straight with a redraw to a flush, which is a very powerful hand. Use the preflop raisor to trap the field for multiple bets.

-- Homer
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