Re: How\'s your SSNLHE?: 22
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I like the preflop raise and prefer to over bet than make a std raise. I want villain to fold here rather than play OOP, but I think the weak line is to complete on grounds of pot management. This may be another Reubenism I carry in my head but I like to charge people to play me when OOP. I think the raise also gives me the initiative which is important when you have decided to play a hand OOP. Having established I have strength, a C-bet by me will often take down the pot.
I'm not planning to play this hand for implied odds of a set either. So I struggle to call if I'd ony completed, especially with just 22.
Do we contest this pot once the flop comes down? I think without raising it preflop you should nearly always check/fold a flop like this. Your hand cant take any heat. As a preflop raiser I think we give ourselves an option to c-bet with a reasonable (normal) chance of success though.
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I was going to post something similar but couldn't put it any better. That's exactly my line, for the same reasons.
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