Re: follow me through a hand with many decisions (part 4)
I don't like the turn raise either. To my mind this hand was butchered.
The correct flop play, in my opinion, wasn't even on the list: bet out and call a raise. I go limp after the flop raise, drawing for a heart and planning on a showdown in any case. Why charge yourself when drawing, or alternatively force out others drawing to two-outers who'll keep betting?
This seems like an easy hand to me but I don't see what everyone else is talking about in their posts. Reraising or check-raising flop or turn only induces calls from better hands and folds from worse, while never bringing about a situation in which you're correct to fold (you have the nut draw!)
Limpage for minimum limpidity after establishing some claim on the pot with a flop bet (you wouldn't want to have to call two cold if it can be avoided, since that gives away your hand).
Bet-call, check-call, and of course check-raise the river.
JimmyV
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