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Fold quad aces to possible straight flush?
From CardPlayer Magazine:
http://cardplayer.com/poker_magazine...707&m_id=65561
 Originally Posted by CardPlayer
When you bet in no-limit, you must consider how deep you are and how deep your opponent is. Let’s say you have the :Ac::Ad: and raise the $10 big blind to $50 and get called by only the big blind. The flop comes a glorious :Ah::As:  and you obviously check. The turn is the  and the big blind bets $200. If you have only $500 left, it is OK to slow-play and just call here. But if you and your opponent each have $12,000, you really should consider raising.
If the river brings the  ,  , or  , you no longer have the nuts. The big blind could have a straight flush, and considering the play of the hand, he very well might. If you have $12,000, just called the $200 turn, and the river does make a straight flush, you have to be very careful. If he bets $2,000, you can’t raise him! If he checks the river, you bet $600, and he raises to $12,000, you should seriously consider folding.
Would anyone ever actually fold here?
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