Quote Originally Posted by nish81
for people wanting to raise the flop on hand 3, why? do you think worse hands are calling, or are you doing it just as a bluff?

i just looked at the third hand, and i'd think about 3betting it preflop (depending just how positionally aware villain was) and as played i'd fold to the turn bet..maybe fold to flop. but probably not.
I raise to get BB to fold worse and get information (and possibly a free card) from villian. If V folds and I take it down now, great. If he raises, pretty easy fold. If he calls me, then barrells the turn, we may have to rethink our hand strength.