TDL 2-7: 3 betting with a 7

[randomstumbl]

The turn has two text book "moves."

First, if you have a rough 9 and think your opponent has a pat hand that they'd be willing to break you can raise and stand pat. Obviously, this works better if you're in position and can watch them draw before rapping pat, but you can do it OOP too.

The problem is that bad players almost NEVER have breakable nines. They'll have hands like 97643 or 87543. They'll just call you down. Even a good player will seldom break a hand that beats you. I still think the play is valuable to mix up your game, but it needs to be used only occasionally and only against players that draw smooth.

The other can only be done in position. Both players draw one card on the second draw. The OOP player checks and the button bets without improving. If you do that enough, you're going to get checkraised a lot and lose a lot of information for the river. That will quickly outweight the benefit of your opponents breaking jacks and tens.

Both plays are valuable when used sparingly in specific circumstances, but ridiculiously costly when overused. I mean, how else are you going to get 2-3 bets in on the turn with 6-8 outs to win the hand.

[Gabe]

I'll bet a pair of sevens, so I also bet 9's and T's.