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Old 11-03-2005, 04:36 PM
TheKentock TheKentock is offline
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Default Re: 88 playing against no overcards

I'm thinking about this hand from the standpoint of winning at showdown. Nobody is folding to the raise on the flop. So regardless, we're going to see a turn here. There are a lot of very bad turn cards for our hand, and only a few truly good ones. I think this is a situation where we have a best hand that is very likely to get cracked on the turn or river.

For this reason, I think we should wait to the turn before raising. Firstly, we get to see if the turn card has helped or hurt our hand. Secondly, the bet size is bigger, so we get more money in the pot when we are ahead. Finally, a turn raise after a flop call is a very scary move in the eyes of most players, which I think will frighten the other players into checking to us on the River. We can then make a decision to bet or check through based on the river card.

But I'm an idiot and you're a mod, feel free to rip me apart.
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