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Old 01-18-2005, 08:56 PM
DcifrThs DcifrThs is offline
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Default Re: 20-40 AJs monster draw.

actually, elysium is wrong and right in my opinion.

but first. i love the preflop raise...4 limpers, gotta get the money in there, you'll win a good deal of the time and you can check fold a bunch of flops ( make that IF YOU CAN check fold a lot of the flops). i think my favorite hand i ever posted here was after 7 limpers and a sb i raised QdJd from the bb in party 15/30. very good raise.

now, i like a checkraise here. BUT i also like checking the turn a good deal of the time unimproved (i.e. almost every time) because you dont want to have to call a raise when you have many outs.

you get good odds on your money and you dont need to keep the initiative. if you are being set up for a raise on the turn the counterstrategy is simple...check.

-Barron

PS- elysium is correct that you dont want to give info away for free and get into trouble by betting the turn and river unimproved...its tricky to play correctly always in these situations. and in fact, i sometimes smooth call here depending on my opponents...but mostly i think a c-r is good here.
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