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Old 12-22-2005, 06:57 PM
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Default Re: Q9s, paired board

Hi NeverForget-

If you're going to play a two gap suited connector after one limper, then there needs to be a better reason to play it than the small percentage of time you'll turn a flush draw, straight draw or two pair +. I would suggest this reason is the high card strength of your hand. If you pair either card, it's probably a winner. If you can't play your hand as a potential winner when it pairs, you probably shouldn't be playing it in the first place.

With that said: You have second pair, great kicker on an XXY flop. People LOVE these sort of flops in shorthanded, they love to bluff them, they love to value bet midpairs and they love to slowplay when they hit trips. A bet on this board should not scare you, it should compel you to raise and charge people for their lone aces and kings. Oftentimes, players will make awful mistakes and call (or raise) on this board with underpockets, getting awful odds to do so. Grant them these horrible odds by raising. If you are bet into again on the turn, I probably raise for the flush draw plus the potential our hand is still best, and check through the river unless we make our flush.
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