Re: about the flop
the thing about raising is you make the pot bigger, which will cost you more bets in the form of crying calls, when they double. next, you force yourself to sometimes act first on the turn. if it's a 9, are you prepared to check it? absolutely not. you'd rather see the action. maybe someone slowplayed a straight or set, raises, and you can fold. or maybe the turn is the Ad, or any diamond for that matter, and there is a bet and 2 calls and you can just throw it away
also, mathematically speaking, your pot equity blows. pot equity is the backbone of any decision we make in this game. rarely can you make a raise with equity less than fair share
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