Re: Cold calling hands
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Would cold calling be OK if you were in middle position and you had a medium pocket pair like 6's or 7's? I've done that hoping to hit a set. If I hit it, I hammer the pot and fold if I miss.
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From railbirding Howard Lederer at FTP, I gather that his opinion is that it is better to raise with a hand like that, hoping to isolate an early position raiser who may just have two big cards. Certainly, if you are playing a pair hoping to flop a set, you want to have more than just one other player in the pot and you prefer to get in for just a single bet to have proper implied odds. It might be legitimate if you thought it likely that you would get several callers behind you who chase to much with overcards or other bad draws.
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