Re: SSHE p.148: Continuing with marginal hands
"But it takes quite a parlay for raising to save me the pot."
OK
"They need a hand that will fold to two bets but not one, and a better hand than mine or one that would hit a draw,"
Overcards, a single overcard, a gutshot, bottom pair, a hand with a single club, or a better 7 immediately come to mind.
"I need to end up with the best hand among the remaining players, though not a good enough hand to beat the guy that I drove out."
You are investing 1 extra bet into a 14 big bet pot (this assumes you are going to call, the decision is whether its worth one more). A raise drives out a lot of hands that could beat you on the turn or river. Sure it may get raised, but that raise doesn't cost you a big bet in EV because you have roughly 15% pot equity v a bigger pair on the flop and since you will also be calling quite frequently on the turn, perhaps more flop equity than that since you have two streets to improve.
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