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I think calling the flop raise and planning to fold to a turn bet has no merit.
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What about
asymmetric risk preference? Now that you know you're behind, don't you want to roll them bones?
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I'm all for metagame but I'm not for throwing away ~0.4 BBs for a play that probably won't even be noticed.
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But the fold
is metagame. It's not metagame setup, it's metagame payoff. The reason you spend money to establish a rep as a strong player who doesn't fold easily is so you can make folds.
Metagame is like an account, you invest pennies in it by making plays that have a slight negative short-term EV in order to project a certain image. Occasionally you must profit from this image or those investments were wasted!
Also, you have to look at this from your opponents' point of view. From their perspective it might look less like you made a tough laydown and more like you raised with junk.
When I make a fold like this I do it with devious glee.
/mc