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Wow, this post has attracted almost as much hostility and name calling as my theory of why it can be advantageous to stay in the red zone.

I didn't say Fischman's play was wrong. I just brought it up because it was unusual.

Does everyone think this is the worst post ever because it is obvious that betting out with a boat is a standard play?

I know everyone is against slow playing, but you slow play a boat for two reasons. It is almost impossible for anyone to draw out on you. It is almost impossible for anyone to have connected to the board. This is particularly true with a 772,r board that doesn't allow many draws.

Now I assume the reason Fischman was that it was adangerous board that it looked like no one had connected with. He hoped Cassidy would play back with nothing. He also may have thought a check might create the suspicion he had trips.

The result was that Cassidy folded.

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The reason for the hostility is because you left out every detail. You didn't say if it was rainbow or suited; you didn't give stack sizes; you didn't give blind sized; and you didn't give bet sizes. Had fischman led a huge % of flops before this?

If you asked me "should you bet out when you flop a boat?" I' respond "it depends."

Also, never leading with a flopped boat against players you're going to see again (or on TV), is obviously horrible becuause then every time you lead, your opponent will know you don't have a boat.