Re: What the...?
I like the checkraise because of the importance of eliminating overcards when holding top-pair with a hand that can easily be surpassed, such as Jacks. Checkraising will give a pair of Jacks a much better chance of holding up than betting and three-betting. By betting and three-betting, you build a huge pot, but the probability of winning it decreases so much so that it has a EV lower than that of checkraising. In other words, if checkraised, the pot size will be x and the probability of winning will be y. By betting and three-betting, the pot size will be 2x (for example), but the probability of winning will be less than y/2. I have no proof that this is true, but I feel that it is right (which of course means that I am open to discussion).
-- Homer
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