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Old 02-05-2004, 12:21 AM
M.B.E. M.B.E. is offline
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Default Bet the flop with middle pair?

Twenty minutes into a NLHE SNG on Stars we are eight-handed with blinds 15/30. My stack is only 970 (average is 1688). Three people limp, SB completes, and I get a free play in the big blind with 82o. Flop comes J-8-4 with two hearts. The pot is 150. SB checks and I bet out 90.

I think this is a good play, but I'm not sure. I'd be interested in comments on (a) whether I should just checkfold this trash, (b) whether the amount of my bet was optimal, and (c) whether it made much difference that I actually flopped a pair (in other words, should I have made the same play if my cards were 72 instead of 82).
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