Re: How do you play this hand?
Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t raise on 4th. Only way you’re getting a free card against most players is if you catch another spade on 5th (or maybe a ten or 7), and in that case you might get one even if you didn’t raise on 4th.
5th street is tricky… I think folding might be better, with one 8 dead. Just put it into two dimes, and you’re about 70-30 against jacks here. And then there’s queens up and trips…
If you decide to play though, I like raising. Sometimes people get it wrong and fold to the raise, after all. And of course the free card and the extra BB, like you said.
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