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There's a saying about not losing all your money in an unraised pot. The flop was not good for you. Just check/folding would have been fine IMO. I doubt if getting involved there is +EV.



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Getting involved here is EV! Due to the amount of possible hands he could hold that will fold when you bet or call when you have them beat! Check folding here is awful!

You understand your maths well and your theory, you can run both see it's an _easy bet_ If he has the combinations of beating hands more power to him, but it's an easy bet here.

AQ AJ AT A9. QQ JJ. KJ KT JT.

AA KK JQ TT.

Sidenote, Raise AKs preflop. Unless you play worse than the other players postflop.

Don't look for preflop raises to lose hands like JQ. TT will stay after a raise and then you have another post to make, raise it preflop for other reasons. It's impossible to always win even playing perfect.

edit: most games i can add gutshot draws too.