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ponyboy
Old 11-05-2009, 10:39 PM #10 (permalink)  
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ponyboy
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Originally Posted by Chopper
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Originally Posted by ponyboy
If it was suited I've seen people do it. Hit a miracle flop and get paid off with nut flush. Every street you just invest a bit more and once the pot is $4 and you only have to invest another .25 you should theoretically be calling with just about anything.
i see players do this, too, and i think its a HUGE leak. i used to do it alot to "justify the chase." i figured TPTK is strong, vulnerable or not, and i would jam to charge draws. i figured that while i was likely ahead, i was also tying myself to the hand so i couldnt fold if the board gets ugly. i would do the same with draws. if i liked my draw, i would donk a turn when i expected a raise...telling myself i was building a pot and calling raises "with odds."

i stopped doing that crap, and my winrate went up. hmmm.

the 9 is just too vulnerable in a raised pot to be capping a 5way with. if i flop that 9, i am putting myself on 5 outs....period.

if that was villain's thinking, i want him at my tables all the time.
I agree...if I'm going to get in with suited crap like that I treat it like a low pocket pair - get in cheap and get out cheap. Justifying the chase in LHE is so easy when you only have to call say .50 to see another card if you have 7 outs when the pot is $5.

Another one of my major leaks is that I would rather raise a single flop bet even if I only hit TPMK to see if the others are serious about continuing because they feel they have the best hand. It's my "paying to see how confident they are" leak.
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