Re: the old mike l. rears his ugly head?
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Usually, though, when a guy bets the turn when an Ace comes it's a sign that he has something with which he wants you to raise.
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This in itself is worth the price of admission to this thread. Something a lot of otherwise very strong players fail to consider often enough.
-James
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this is very true in those situations where you have AJ or something, the turn goes check-check, and he bets a river A, or you bet the flop and turn with AJ unimproved and he bets an A river.
but here, he 3-bet the flop. it's natural to lead out. a check would appear to be a sign that he's not going away, but he just made a continuation bet in a big pot that could come with the intention of folding to a raise. it's doubtful he 3-bet the flop with a flush draw, so it's unlikely he really wants him to raise, especially considering mike played his hand like a flush draw on the flop
so I don't think his bet necessarily has anything to do with the A. he had the intiative and he's continuing.
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