one pair disaster

[VBM]

i like hand 1. i don't play it any differently. i think you're usually beaten by some raggedy 2 pair or a rivered straight, but HU, u may win a little more than one out 14 of these.

hand 2, i raise preflop. from there, it sort of depends how SB plays and if he 3-bets out of the SB.

[sean c]

Hi mjl the river bet in hand two is not clearly -ev thin yes clearly -ev no.When in doubt i usually bet.

As far as the pre flop raise goes call it an iso raise or value raise or what ever you want but the fact is we have alot of things in our favor( i listed them in my above reply to you) which i think makes this a raise. I also probably raise more pre flop than most but i like being the aggressor when i am in a hand especially when i have position.

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I forgot raise that pre flop in hand #2 also.

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Why is that?