When is passive play right?

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If I raise with the best hand, I win very little (he's bluffing and he folds.


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You can't look at it that way. If you play passively, you allow weak draws that might call down without the necessary pot odds to see cheap turns and rivers. PROTECT YOUR HAND! Even if it means only winning a small pot here and there, it is better than letting someone with J-4 see the flop for one bet and see the turn for one bet letting them hit their gutshot on you. Make them pay for their weak draws. In the long run, that dead money will be your money.