I hate pocket pairs even more...

[imported_The Vibesman]

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Well I raised him, he called, and then promtly CRed me on the turn, at which point I chucked it. I don't really like calling down very much - we are behind to a normal capping range far more than we are ahead. I think this is one of those times where finding out where we stand earlier, on the cheap streets, is much more +ev than blindly calling down.

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I understand that outlook, but if you look at it another way, you spent 2 sb on the flop and 1 bb on the turn, or 2bb total, w/o seeing a showdown. My line is to get to showdown for 2.5bb, only 1sb more than your line, and protect against getting bluffed off the best hand by an aggressive player, keeping that player bluffing at me when he doesn't have the best hand, which is hopefully often enough to make up for the extra 1sb I spend when I do lose. I'm not saying I'm right, but that's the way I look at it.