A poll

[DMBFan23]

1800,

when you coldcall the flop and lead the turn, what are you thinking the button will put you on?

I've never really seen this line without a 3 before, but:
1) not many hands of yours will have a 3 without the preflop action.
2) wouldn't you c/r a 3? or would that blow him off a hand you want him calling with?

[1800GAMBLER]

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You have well over 100 in the poll running @ 2:1 for calling.

So what happened?

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Please learn to read.

[1800GAMBLER]

I meant to say checl-bet-call on the turn not bet-call, sorry :/

[DcifrThs]

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A free card on which street?

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ok, here's how i read the action: sb checks utgbets 88 raises. sb cold calls, utg folds (timeout).

on the turn the sb checks (but not sure because you said "bet-call" when the sb acts first. now the 88 may (from the sb's point of view) may check here. if he DOESN'T, the plan is the checkraise the turn since the sb plans to c'r the river. the extra bet investment in the river bet (follow through) will get you a ton more folds (given no fold immediately on the turn) than a call from the sb and checkraise on the river given a cold call and the unknown nature of the sb (it would LOOK like a strong hand, small set, straight etc...). but by waiting till the river to checkraise, it looks much more desperate.

what i meant about getting a free card is that the sb may have the turn checked through. he's of course offering and not taking the freebee but if its free its free. so a plan to checkraise the turn will sometimes result in a check behind=free card.

-Barron