[LearnedfromTV]

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looks like A2 is good here.

next time consider....
-raising preflop
-checking flop

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Questions, not rebuttals:

1. Do I still want to raise preflop if I know

- most of the time I raise I get called in two or three places (That this one ended up headsup was rare)

- if I flop K93 there's a decent chance I'm getting called down by K7, who (probably!) doesn't call the raise.

I would raise 99 much more often if I expected a raise would get me heads up or if I was in position. Is this wrong?

2. Check the flop, then what? How does checking get me more information than betting?

Edit: Even while understanding it's a likely holding I can't for the life of me figure out why someone would raise A2 on this board. At most people have two turn outs or he's stone dead to 55and there are plenty of ways for someone to make a second best hand. Donkey with his KJ for example. Of course I suppose the fact that it doesn't make sense to raise A2 is a reason to raise A2, and he wants to get all his chips in. Still. If he just calls there is probably another caller behind him and someone makes top pair on the turn pretty often. Don't think this was a game where representing a weaker hand with a strong bet when you actually have a stronger hand is really necessary or profitable. Just thinking out loud. JJ and TT raising, that I understand.