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Assume the worst-case scenario - you totally miss the flop, and only have 6 outs for TPTK (3 Aces, 3 Kings) - no flush draws, no straight draws possible. With 6 outs, you'll hit your card by the river a little less than 1 in 3 times. So there needs to be 4 SB in the pot to even consider spending one more bet

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just wanted to point out that no one should take this advice. no offense.

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No offense taken, but could I trouble you to elaborate just a wee bit there? I'm learning this game just like everyone else, and if my thinking is off somewhere, I'd like to know where.

Yes, I do realize that the 6 outs are not full outs - something I addressed in the next paragraph. In fact, this post prompted me to re-read the overcard section in SSH during lunch, and I agree that I was giving way too much value to those overcards - Sklansky only gives overcards ~1.5 outs each, about half of my number.