something to think about if you play the $55s+

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5) getting someone to pour off piles of stack when you have one pair and it's good is an artform. it is the artform that this thread is a tiny fraction of.

citanul

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I reasonably mechanical about that. If I don't have a read I usually don't push one pair hands. With a read, I often get lots of chips in the center by showdown with some pretty marginal holdings (in cash games, too, but in cash games I tend to get more reads since I see a lot more hands against someone (and can pay attention to them better not 8 tabling) and there are not weird escalating blinds to figure in.) Additionally with reads I let go of some pretty strong hands pre and post flop. Reads rule.