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Old 11-18-2005, 11:25 PM
blumpkin22 blumpkin22 is offline
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Default Re: Reraising a bigger pair on 3rd(no hand)

The advice in 7CSFAP is for a game with a structure proprtional to 15/30 with $2 ante and $5 bring-in. If you have a tighter structure (e.g., Party 20/40 with $2 ante and $5 bring-in) I do not think that you should even play the hand if a player raised with a Q up and you were 100% he had two queens, though there are some exceptions. Your equity is about 40% and there is simply not enough dead money if no one else has entered the pot. However, if you have doubts about his hand you should certainly raise, and raising also has advantages on future hands when you actually have something like (KK)9 instead. Another benefit to raising is that you can probably get a free card later in the hand, and perhaps (doubtful) your opponent will throw away unimproved queens on the river. It also helps somewhat if one of the queens is dead.
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