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Nothing wrong with a calling the flop, if you raise the hand might end quickly (which you probably doesn't want). It's different with two suits, but here I'd think you're at least 90% fav so it's nothing wrong to let some of em catch up a little. I think it's better to build a big pot and take a slim risk of losing it than take down a rather small pot directly.

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I tend to agree (obviously). One more opponent and it is a raise because of pot size; one fewer and I might raise for deception, but slowplaying would clearly be appropriate too. Here, ... either way, I think.

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It's a very unusual hand and your longterm result doesn't depend of how you play it (on the river).

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Yes and no. Playing a very strong hand against two opponents where worse hands will often not call and better hands will always raise in not *that* unusual.