K9s flops book-end straight in raised family pot

The tough part is that the pfr is still to act behind you, can you count on a raise from this player? If not, you might as well set her all-in. The pot is now $275, and you probably want to raise that much. A higher pair has outs to half or all of the pot, so a cheap card for any player behind you is mucho dangerous for you. You will lose to AK no matter what, so just protect against whatever you can. I think a raise to $200-$300 is appropriate here.

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The tough part is that the pfr is still to act behind you, can you count on a raise from this player? If not, you might as well set her all-in. The pot is now $275, and you probably want to raise that much. A higher pair has outs to half or all of the pot, so a cheap card for any player behind you is mucho dangerous for you. You will lose to AK no matter what, so just protect against whatever you can. I think a raise to $200-$300 is appropriate here.

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say I raise to $300, what if the PFR pushes behind me? what if someone else does?

what's my plan for a blank turn if the PFR calls my flop raise? how about for paint or [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] turn?

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say I raise to $300, what if the PFR pushes behind me? what if someone else does?

what's my plan for a blank turn if the PFR calls my flop raise? how about for paint or [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] turn?

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PFR cannot push behind you, as $300 sets her all-in. If someone else pushes behind you, you have to call and lose to AK or stack a set. I think the cold caller cold calling the flop would worry me the most here. I would then push any non-diamond turn. If you have an amazing read that will enable you to fold to a push on the flop, then raise instead to somewhere around $225-$250, and still push a non-diamond turn.