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Cold caller called the flop getting ~5:1, what's he now going to fold in the face of a raise that you aren't already crushing?

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Calling with a hand like middle or bottom pair getting 5:1 on the flop is not a terrible play if you feel that your outs are fairly clean, as you can make some arguments for implied odds etc. Making that same call for 2 BBs on the turn is clearly incorrect though.

Whether or not he folds, by the way, is irrelevent. If he calls with bottom pair anyways, then you just make even more money by raising. If you just call you give him the right odds to draw to almost everything, and there are plenty such draws available on this board.

-eric

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I agree with the overall principle.

But it is highly unlikely in THIS situation that the villian has bottom pair. OR that he has middle pair only (without a draw to accompany it).