Can I get away from this hand ?

[brettbrettr]

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Would that apply to the case where you know you're beat ?

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The flop action doesn't tell you you're beat. That's where you should have lost more.

[mister]

I know you're never supposed to play with instinct, but after this guy has watched me 3 bet big pockets a few times, I know he's only coming back at me with the biggest hand. I guess I had a better read on him then I explained in here, although i've only played him once.

[brazilio]

Even with the best reads, I'm going to have an awfully hard time folding that hand at any time. I don't care what your gut says, no read is good enough to know he has a set. I'm not saying that your play isn't smart in this one instance, which results say it is. What I'm saying is next time you have a gut feeling, you're going to miss a ton of value on the flop. Gut feelings like this are how you get into bad habits like missing value bets, check through paired boards when you've got an overpair, etc.

[mister]

Well the sad part is that I was sure, and still called just to prove I lost. That always blows.

[Hoi Polloi]

It's up to you to trust your reads and live with the decisions. I don't want to be second guessing myself on a hand like this. Sometimes I can make the laydown and sometimes I can't.

Sklansky says somewhere a loose call is appropriate if it helps you from steaming. These are the situations he's talking about, I think.