river bet?

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i don't like raising the flop because i wont get anyone out, i just bloat the pot when i'm behind and i reopen the betting. also, SB is going to have me beat most of the time when he bets into 4 people on this flop

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I can't let this go. One of my pet peeves is when people suggest they won't bet/raise out of fear that they are bloating the pot, thereby giving others better odds to chase. The fact is that people are often going to call with draws regardless of whether you get in an extra bet, so might as well bet for value anyway.

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i don't think this is the only reason bloating the pot with a marginal hand is bad. it can also tie us to the pot and make us chase.

[Redd]

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If, hypothetically, one or two of those outs are tainted, we get an increase in equity of no more than 8%.

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Wookie, how did you get this 8%?

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As Mr Wookie said, I almost invariably respond to posts with a title such as this with something along the lines of: "OMG Easy bet" and then launch into a tirade on the evils of weak-tight here.

However, I think this is a check behind on the river, and the turn is close but the pot is huge so I don't mind the call. This is often a scared set from SB, and while none of the callers / checkers have me particularly worried there has to be a huge parlay of things going right to get any value on this river.

Surf