Re: Why Should I Raise?
You want to raise in situations 1 and 2 because there's still a significant chance that you can win the pot with just ace high. When you just call, not only do you have to hit your hand to win, but all the extra players that came in with connectors, and small pairs, and suited garbage can't hit their hands. Another way to think of this is that if UTG raises with AQ and you 3 bet with AKs you're about a 3 to 1 favorite to win the hand, but if you just call with AKs and someone else calls with 22, you won't even win the pot half the time. The amount from small pots that you win with ace high far outweighs the couple extra bets you get when you make a flush.
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