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I considered capping preflop, and appreciate your thoughts on that decision.

My main reason for not capping preflop was that if I get a favorable flop, SB probably checks to me and then I can only make them deal with one small bet on the flop. If I just call, SB probably bets most flops and I can raise and force UTG to either fold or make a bad call. Plus by calling the 3 I save a small bet if I whiff. If UTG had tighter stats I probably would have capped, figuring I was more likely to have him dominated.

A concern I had with the way I played this hand is that since I didn't cap preflop, maybe I need to pop it on a big street since the SB would have a tough time putting me on a hand that big.