Re: $2/$5 Straddle Defense
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I disagree.
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ok, why?
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1. We might have the best hand. I don't want to call this bet, and then be faced with a half-pot bet when the turn is a king. That would be no fun.
2. We will occasionally fold a better hand despite our image. A tight player can talk himself into a fold with a hand as good as TT, reasoning that the maniac hero has been setting us up by showing down all that junk.
3. We reserve the right to bomb the turn when checked to (almost 100% guarantee). This is live poker where it's pretty easy to get a read on weak players. Some people need two barrels fired at them before they'll fold the worst or second worst overpair. I'm not saying this is the proper play, but we do reserve the right.
4. We reserve the right to take a free card (again 100% that we are being checked to). The benefit of this is obvious.
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