Re: Do you pros ever play crappy starting hands like this one
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That said, considering there are three involved, there is a chance the Small Blind has you beat in some way (random 7?) but won't call IF the other calls. So by betting, you MIGHT get called by lesser hands which then would get a better hand to fold.
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this is an excellent point...
i was assuming that the sb would overcall with his 4 because its pretty obvious the other guy has AK...
betting a marginal hand on the river into a person likely to call with a worse hand but forcing a marginal better hand to overcall is an expert play. the problem is pot size and calling frequency, the bigger the pot, the more likely you are to get called down but also the higher your betting frequency should be since you have to call if checked given the burgeoning size of the pot. its kinda tied to "doing what you must to win it" ... if you were GOING TO CALL the other guys bet on the river, then not betting the river yourself was a mistake...
on party 15/30 i think sb calls with any 4 here...BUT would he fold a better 3 often enough? if so then you must bet.
-Barron
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