Re: Teach me to play LAG
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well, i think its fair to say the purpose of the bet is always a bluff.
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Sometimes when the turn card is drawy, he can get called by a worse hand here if the game is juiced.
But there are other reasons to raise. If you just raise here w/ big hands, that becomes easy to play against.
If you call and he has crap, you give him a free card to improve if he's gonna give up.
If you call and you are not auto-calling river, you give him a chance to bluff you on the river w/ his KJ.
And so forth.
Basically, listen to rbk. I do not think he is saying this is a value raise, just that there are many reasons to raise and your hand is often good.
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