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I'm inclined to raise this preflop. I don't dig the turn c/r as I'm not quite sure what you're trying to accomplish, since you're representing bascially nothing with your c/r.

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The idea with the river checkraise is easy: the river seems very unlikely to have helped button into a made hand, so he's probably on a draw. By checkraising his draw, OP wins the pot both when he hits his draw on the river, and when the button misses his. This doesn't always work and ceretainly isn't my default line, but it's certainly defensible.

I have never raised this preflop in my life, but maybe I'm missing the boat here. Care to elaborate?
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So exactly how are we folding out better hands here? Or is there some way we're getting worse hands to call?

Rob