Hand to Talk About

[mike l.]

"And he's going to fold pretty often to a river raise from Mason, unless he indeed does have him beat."

have you been sitting in the same game ive been sitting in the past 2 years? mid limit texass hold em? because i see AK get paid there like constantly all over town (and even out in vegas which is noticeably looser than it was before each time i go) just about always.

a maxim for this poker boom era hold em is: no one believes anybody ever has anything. you just have to show them. this is especially true for the 80 and higher ive played. so unless the 80 mason was in was a rock garden and the bb a known no action sort of player, the raise on the river is mandatory.