AJ in EP early

[schwza]

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When you check behind, you've lost control of the hand.

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this is the 2nd time in a couple of days someone has said this in response to one of my hands. it's rapidly becoming my least favorite poker cliche. i'm playing the hand to win the most/lose the least, not to have some macho "i must always bet" thing.

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I bet because I c-bet most of the time, whether I've flopped 2nd pair, the nuts or nothing at all.


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i think is a reasonable point. i would bet air here, and i would bet a hand like AK. but i'm going to check some hands behind, and i like to do it with medium strength hands, that i want to showdown, especially when i have some outs. yeah, it's exploitable if you know that, but those situations don't come up often (and i wouldn't play it the same after showing it down once) and few people know my sn.