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I think the best play is probably to call the turn and call any nonheart/nonace river.

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i auto raise here. AUTO. My game is agressive enough that it tends to leave other plays for later [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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i call and raise any turn. call and fold the river if he 3bets the turn.

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The 5/10 players in particular are so timid. At the prima games at that level I'd consider that a raise my opponent could only call with a better hand. Of course, as soon as you jump up to 10/20 on the same site everyone snaps and suddenly folding 77 here becomes heresy.

I'm still not entirely sure why waiting to raise the turn is considered ideal here, but many players far (about a million times) better than me are advocating it. Can I get a real quick explanation on what is it, exactly, that we gain here that makes the difference? An extra SB (or perhaps 2) from A<Q / K<Q?

Re: real common situation.
 

I like raising the turn instead of the flop because:

1. You get a bit more money in the pot when you are ahead. Most aggro players will cont. bet the turn with little.

2. You get to decide if a river bet goes in

3. You give him a chance to fold overs.

blake

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Raise the flop like you would with a draw. Slowplaying here can hurt. If he 3-bets, take a WA/WB line with your position.

Once the Kh hits the turn it's time to start planning rivers. Fold to any heart or ace, but maintain the WA/WB line on all other cards.

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i auto raise here. AUTO. My game is agressive enough that it tends to leave other plays for later

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Are you autoraising this flop?

He is often betting with 3 outs and u want to AUTOtell him he should fold? (If u just call he will normally bet turn, I guess we can agree on that)

Would u also autoraise flop in same situation if u had A6o and he 3bet and flop was Axx?

Re: real common situation.
 

Raise.

He will often bet flop with nothing and keep on betting when he hit a good draw on turn (or if he got middle pocketpair and now pick up a draw).

If he hit his K he will often not 3bet turn (at least not a 30/15/1.5 guy) so u can check behind on river for same price.

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I think raising the flop is best. Any time I have a one pair hand that I definitely want to showdown I like to have the lead on the turn (unless he 3-bets the flop of course). This limits the damage to 3 turn/river bets maximum when we are in fact behind while still getting plenty of value when you we are in front, which is a healthy majority of the time against almost any hand range. I think he is far more likely to call down or even spew with a worse hand than he would be if you waited until the turn and he may also 3-bet the flop and lead the turn with a draw. Is my thinking wrong here?

Thanks,
Cartman

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i am the button with qjo. folded to me and i raise. sb is 30/15/1.5 and although we have been at the table and i have raised a ton we havent tangled. so im not paranoid.

well i raise and he 3bets and i call.

flop is q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] i have no heart.

he bets.

gimme a line.

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uhh. thanks for clearing it up guys.

i called the flop and the turn was the k [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

now what?

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this is a pretty easy raise, imo. Well, [censored], everyone hates the word 'easy'...but seriously, thats the way it looks to me. Unless he is really capable of re-raising with a worse hand here...say worse Q w/ heart, UI hand w/ Ah, JhJ...etc.

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i mix it up. against this type i raise the flop since he might fold A high to a turn raise.