Re: 35s in BB
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You lost value by check calling, so yes my bet is for value.
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Respectfully:
You seem confused about what a value bet is. I suggest you carefully read TheHammer24's previous post again (especially what he writes about the necessary number of callers for a bet to be for value).
Generally, if you have a drawing hand and your odds against improving to a winning hand are X : 1, you need at least X callers to bet for value.
Yes, if you check and there's a bet behind you and you call, betting and checking/calling cost the same, but you can't know that this will happen when it's your turn to act.
In this situation, with a hand that is not the best hand, with too few callers for a value bet and absolutely no chance of stealing the pot with a bluff, you should check, hope to get a free card, but call when it comes one or more bets back to you, provided the pot odds are sufficient. In this case, including implied odds, TheHammer24 had sufficient pot odds to call a bet and a raise.
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