Re: Curtains Hand #2
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I think it's close. I think there's merit to protecting your hand from a likely c-bet from overcards, but the minraise preflop could mean bigger pockets and not going broke with JJ in level 1 is a good idea too.
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One of the other things that checking behind can frequently accomplish is to slow up, say, QQ, since curtains has certainly played this in a way that's consistent with an overpair. I can also imagine in some cases that KK and AA will slow up on the turn to induce a bet from curtains - they might try and give the impression that they were firing with AK on the flop, in other words. So it can be a more general pot control move that will let him go all the way with a potentially smaller pot. If villain fires out again on turn, then there's a tough decision ahead, but I think he frequently won't.
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