[AaronBrown]

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(b) only adds to your expected value when you have the best hand. I don't see how (c) ever adds to your expected value. Under (c), if you have a worse hand you have lost one more bet than you would have by checking and if you have a better hand then you just forfeited the whole pot plus one bet.

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I've been busy, I wish I had been on vacation.

I meant add to your expected value compared to the original calculation. You're right that (b) only adds to your expectation when you have the better hand. (c) adds to your expectation when you have the worse hand, you save one bet compared to calling the raise.

Of course, you could misplay these options and fold with the better hand while calling the raise with the worse one. But the option to raise, call or fold should increase your expectation if you use it properly.