[MicroBob]

geez....almosst got through the whole thread without someone bringing up this 3's and 2's bit.


If I had pocket-3's...and then when it got back to me I saw that I had pocket-2's I wold DEFINITELY throw them into the much. Because I was now seeing things that aren't there and would realize that it's time to call it a night.



However....in other situations this is an easy call.
A case can made if you see one guy getting ready to make it 4 bets and the other guy getting ready to make it 5-bets.
But otherwise, calling 2 bets cold here is clearly correct.


Worrying too much about situations where you lose set over set....or worrying about hitting your set but losing to a straight or flush is just silly.
The times you make a HUGE score when you do hit your set are more than enough to compensate for the times when your set or low full-house doesn't hold up.

For some reason there are LOTS of players out there who are convinced that hitting your set in a situation like this is such a bad thing because they feel the chances of the set actually holding up in such a large multi-way pot are too slim.
This is really silly thinking.
When you play a low pocket-pair to try to hit a set you WANT a large-multiway pot.

Playing a low pocket-pair against a small-field is what you DON'T want because the chances of you hitting the set aren't high enough compared with the chances of your opponents paying you off significantly on those occasions when you do.