[Borodog]

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Not raising quads is generally a leak. Come on. Whenever I play live, the guy who says "no more hearts!" wants a heart. The guy who says "don't pair the board!" wants to pair the board.

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Well, I see your point. I see this a lot from some players. Unfortunately from this player I believe him. We play a crapload of O8 together, and he's developed this habit of asking for the board to be paired, not be paired, not heart, no low, etc. It's a bad habit, but it's not a terrible habit in O8. He's carried this over into hold'em. When he asked that the board not pair on the flop, I was 100% certain that he held AK and believed I probably had a set.

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If he was so scared of the board pairing, why did he bet the turn when it did? If he had AK and was that terrified of a boat, he'd check-call down once the J hit.

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Would you check-call? Or would you bet-call, even if you feared a boat? Personally I'd bet-call. Maybe I'm dumb.

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I could see you just calling a 3-bet because of the possible royal, but just calling the first bet? I don't get it.

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When he bet the river I got a sick feeling in my gut. I really, really, really wanted to flat call, because the only hand he could possibly have would be AK [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. But then I thought, if he had that and put me on a boat, why wouldn't he check-raise the river? Besides, me have quads I raise. I raise, he 3-bets, I crap myself and call, he shows the royal, I cry like a bitch.

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Also, what casino spreads 11-handed games???

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An illegal card room in North Carolina.