[stevepa]

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Odds are you probably have the best hand, but you gotta protect it from straight draws so I wouldn't check.

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Why do you have to protect it from straight draws? KQ is dead, KT, QT are unlikely and have 4 outs. I don't mind giving them free cards.

I check the flop, probably check-raising. The pot is pretty huge so any bet is going to represent a large percentage of the players stack. Hopefully someone commits themselves with KK, QQ, TT or some kind of jack. I don't particularly like betting, because if you bet and the min-raiser pushes, it lets the bigger stacks fold hands like KJ-JT. Also, if the min-raiser checks, there's a reasonable chance one of the other two players takes a shot at the pot.

Don't worry about being behind here, if you are then you lose all your chips. Worry about maximizing your win against hands that can pay you off like pocket pairs, jacks and weaker aces.

Steve