Re: Pot Odds and Calling a Raise from the Big Blind
You're mis-using the term pot odds.
Pot odds are the odds the pot is laying you. If the pot is 10BB's, and you have to call 2BB's, you're getting pot odds of 12:2, or 6:1.
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Assuming your opponent probably does not have any pair (e.g., everyone folds around to the button and he raises), why wouldn't it be automatic to call a 3xBB raise?
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That's a huge assumption. You can't make that.
But even if you did, the reason you don't always call here is because it's really hard to navigate with your hand after the flop. With a hand like 72o, you'll often be flopping bottom or middle pair, and an opponent who's going to be betting into you almost every time.
You might be getting the proper immediate odds, but you're implied odds suck. You'll pay him alot when you're behind, and he'll pay you only a little when you're ahead.
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