How to play the bitch-straight?

[SossMan]

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The fact that I hit the monster and still lost makes me re-evaluate alittle bit my preflop call. Before this hand I was with Soss for sure – I call very often. After, I’m more with MBE – call probably correct but its closer, as I have to factor in losing my stack the small % of time I get a monster but hit a bigger monster.


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I think there's a subtle point to be made. Flopping a set is a +EV situation. Flopping a straight, even the wrong end of it, is a +EV situation. Flopping two pair, even bottom 2 pair, is a +EV situation.
Are any of these situations unbeatable? No, of course not. However, the only thing you can try to do in a MTT is consistantly put yourself in +EV situations. Therefore, I think you need to evaluate the preflop call in terms of how many times you are going to flop a +EV situation vs. how much the pot is laying you. That's it. The rest is just luck.