opinion time -- how weak will you call

[Finite_Risk]

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Good call with 77. I might have done it with worse.

Think about what your play looks like to the villian. You raised pf, checked the flop, tried to buy it on the turn, and then checked the river. He puts on NOTHING.

Also, the size of his bet is telling. There is no reason for him to bet so large when you clearly have nothing. Even if he has a small pair, I see him checking behind because with a bet sized like his on the river, he is only going to get called if beat, and you aren't going to fold a better hand since HE hasn't shown strength.

You can call with lots of crap here, the only danger is him putting you on a smallish pair, and trying to bet you off with a slightly larger pair.

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This is precisely why I overbet often with the nuts - keeps people who think like this honest (I am not being a deek, I agree with your logic)

[rwanger]

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This is precisely why I overbet often with the nuts - keeps people who think like this honest (I am not being a deek, I agree with your logic)

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I hear what you're saying.

However, most people will NOT make the call with 77. It's a tough call and takes a good, thinking player to make this call.

However, if you are always betting the pot with the nuts as the villian in this situation, you are usually not going to get called, and are probably betting too much to be called with any consistency.

Of course if you play the nuts this way as the villian, you will NOT be maximizing your profits, having missed your chance to get money in on the flop, turn and river.

I LOVE (and am not exaggerating) when my opponent bets the pot on the river and I call with A high and he turns over quads...after he checked behind on the flop, and turn. My opponent wins 3BB with his quads...I can't help but laugh!