Protecting Draws and Buying Outs

[UncleSalty]

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The bigger the pot gets the more willing we should be to invest that extra bet to protect, even if we don't necessarily now that bet will do any good. That's about all I can really say on the matter. Losing an extra bet once in a while is okay provided it occasionally saves us that monster pot.


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I agree. The maxim here for big pots is that you want to find as many ways to win it right now as possible. So, assuming an analysis of all the complexities doesn't yield a strong reason to just call, raising will often be the correct choice here.