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Direct,

I've gotten into situations like this a lot recently and one thing I've noticed is that two tone flops are really a losing proposition.

It's easy to convince yourself that the other guy is on the flush draw, whereas it seems that the vast majority of the time when the betting gets big, it's b/c they've hit a set.

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but it seems relevant here. I'm not sure you would call the river push unless there was the possibility that the missed flush draw was trying to knock you out.

I'm trying to only play sets and actual flush draws on flops like this, when the action gets heavy. What do other people do in these situations?

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i would say that pot control becomes way more important on a two tone board hand because you don't know whether the opponent is on a strong made hand or a draw when the action gets heavy. I am more likely to be passive on the flop and come alive on a blank turn in order to determine cheaply which holding the opponent has.

In response to the OP's preflop raise question, you either have to raise more or not at all. I think 15 preflop is good here.