Re: Flop 2 pair no kicker
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Fold or raise situation really and I don't quite feel comfortable raising my pair of tens 3 kicker.
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I know this is basic, but what makes it a fold or raise situation? What makes raise > call in this situation?
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The idea of raising is to protect your hand from overcard draws those times that it's ahead. Hand protection, obviously, is a very important concept, but I think it might be slightly misapplied here. For one thing, there's less incentive to protect your hand when you're not all that confident that it's the best hand. For another thing, two other players have already put in money here, and they're almost certainly going to see a turn card if their hands have any sort of outs to beat yours. For another thing, the pot isn't *all* that large.
Calling isn't necessarily awful in this spot.
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