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Old 07-20-2005, 08:09 PM
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Default Re: Fancy Play Syndrome

I agree with the Pooh-Bah. Nothing unusual. The opponent played the hand badly, you called him down and punished him.

But look at it differently. You got lucky and flopped top set, but were potentially vulnerable to a flush draw, and risked giving your opponent a free card on the turn which could have potentially beaten you and cost you a lot of chips.

What happens if your opponent is holding suited spades and a spade comes on the turn? You potentially may have gone from big leader to big dog with only 10 outs. If your opponent flushes the turn and bets big into you, or worse even semi-bluffs big into you, then you may have no choice but to muck your set or make a bad call. If you are like most players, you're not going to muck top set under any circumstances and you may pay the price for it.

Back to the beginning, the hand worked out okay for you. But was the giving the free card worth the risk?
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