Re: 4th street play
My general tendency is to just call it down against most opponents, and maybe throw in a raise somewhere along the way against the most loose-aggressive of them. If you're not up against trip Tens, you could well be up against Aces-up, but against typical opponents you could also be up against a lot of hands you can beat:
(QQ)TT
(JJ)TT
(99)TT
(QJ)TT
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etc, etc. The wider your opponent's range of raising hands, the more hands you can beat, and the more inclined you should be to continue.
A lot of players won't raise with a pair of Tens, because it doesn't look good enough to raise with. Jacks do. If you know that this opponent will only raise with Jacks or higher, then there are six ways he can have Jacks, six ways he can have Queens, one way he can have Kings (since you have the other two), and six ways he can have Aces. You need to adjust these figures for the cards that are out, but it's about 2:1 in favor of him having a hand you can beat in that case.
If he does have trips, you're in trouble, but even there you can suck out once in a while. Overall, I think that given the range of hands that most opponents can have, you've got to at least call most of the time.
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