Re: Playing for Set Value
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1) Depends on how often you limp and you play your sets. What do you do if you hold 4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and the flop comes as follows facing 5 limpers:
Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Or what do you do if pre-flop the BB reraises to 3x BB and it comes back to you with 2 folds and 2 callers?
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This is exactly the situation I'm worried about. My intuition is that sets will lose to larger sets rarely, but it will happen. Sets will lose to straights and flushes more often - especially with crappy flops like that.
So, I'm still left with a pencil, paper and questions....
The thing I love about pockets is that they have HUGE implied odds when you hit your flop. The problems that I'm faced with is choosing which pockets are worth playing preflop, and whether pushing or folding a board like you described yeilds a higher EV.
Thanks,
Steve
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BTW, facing 5 limpers I still push this. No one under the $50's limps with pocket JJ and definitely not QQ so I would push and expect to be called by a TPGK and maybe a 4 flush if there is one out there. Worst case scenario is I'm facing both an OESD and a 4-flush which makes me a slight dog but I've still got 7 outs to the nuts (three each of Q and J, one 4)and the pot odds to double/triple up are too high to pass up.
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