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Member since 02-03-2008
More posts by theawfuldin
As a general rule, when a passive-seeming fish gives you great immediate odds on a draw, flatting is going to be a better line than raising or folding.
Even if villain does have a few...
Leaving aside the issue of whether or not to raise, I think a good place to start is by making some assumptions that allow us to calculate an optimal sizing. (Caveat: I'm still fairly new at thi...
Horny.
I like it. This should be the standard line until you've developed specific reads/history for this situation.
For those not betting the river, what is the weakest hand you do VB with?
Ok, to do this profitably you need to be very confident in your hand reading ability, have a good plan for a bunch of different board textures, and solid reads on opponent's tendencies etc... et...
Flop is fine. His range is weak, and you have a hand that turns plenty of decent barreling cards.
Turn is questionable. The 7 is at the bottom of your range of barreling cards and giv...
I played around with flopzilla a bit and this board is actually not as bad for us as I'd originally thought. I think the key factor is how often villain floats A-high and if they will try to bar...
In answer to your general question, I agree that on wetter boards I would often size the flop bet larger than normal to setup the option of a turn shove.
In this hand specifically, I'...
Agreed on giving up the flop.
There are definitely people against which the float here would be fine, but you'd really like to have a better idea about things like how thin he raises...
With a board this dry I think you're better served flatting your entire non-folding range on the flop. There are so few value raising hands that you become imbalanced very quickly when you start...