Nano-limit Stars: Take the free card?

[ChuckyB]

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I raised so I could take a free card should I need one.

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You need one. 8 doesn't make your straight...it made you 3rd pair.

are people that arent mentioning it seriously advocating raising that flop?

your draw sucks, your on the sucker end of a straight draw without a heart, opening you up to all kind of redraws. eg if a J straightens you any Q scores an OESD, if a 6h comes any heart scores a fd.

knocking people out sucks because you have very little chance to win if you pair your 8 or 7

you open yourself up to a 3bet from the flop bettor

your in terrible relative position to equity pump, forcing 2 out of 5 players to coldcall 2... not that you likely even have the equity to pump in the first place.

[DCWildcat]

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are people that arent mentioning it seriously advocating raising that flop?

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I didn't address it because it wasn't the question. But you are correct, it's not a good raise, blah blah blah.

heh good good

was just checking... seemed like people were suggesting that this was a good free card play

[checkmate36]

I should have waited for a rainbow flop where my straight was to the nuts before I get fancy with free card raises?

I felt I would most likely see the river with my draw and investing a small bet on the flop could save me a bigger bet to the river.

I didn't think the raise was that bad but maybe its a leak I need to address. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]