Teach me to play LAG

[riverboatking]

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c) i dont think bruiser expects to ever get called with a worse hand here. If this is "often" getting called by JJ in your game, then i need to book a flight to LAX.

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if bruiser is never raising here w/ a bluff then he A)won't ever get called by a worse hand and B)shouldn't be playing 3 handed NL.

let me ask you this:

you call a standard raise in position with KJ suited...flop a gutshot and call a pot size bet on the flop looking to make a move on the turn...now the turn comes and gives you a flush draw to go along with your gutshot...you feel you've got pretty good folding equity if the guy has something like KQ or JJ on down...are you going to just call and try to make your hand or take a stab at the pot?

if you only raise in this spot with the best hand you aren't going to be very hard to play against.

[etizzle]

what i'm saying is this: in this specific case, although bruiser may have the best hand, he will never be called with a worse one.

of course bruiser should be making this move from time to time with K high, 9 high, whatever. In this case he happens to have a pair of Qs, but in terms of his chances of winning this particular pot his cards do not matter. Except that if he gets called he may have some outs.