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In your hand, you say you don't want to bet because not enough worse is calling. 2 things on this:

1.) There's actually a decent number of worse hands that are calling, Ax (esp with a BDFD), TJ, QT, QJ, missed overs like KQ, KJ, etc.

2.) There are 3 reasons to bet at any time:
-The first is for value, pretty straightforward no need to explain I think.
-The second is as a bluff. If you think he's folding more than bet/(bet+pot) then fire away.
-The third is to pick up dead money in the pot.

This is one of those situations where it takes in two of the 3 reasons to bet. 1 is for value from worse hands that can't find the fold for at least one street, the other is to make him fold out his SCs, some overs, Ax, Kx, etc. You don't want to give him a free card and allow him to catch on you. By betting you're protecting your equity in the pot vs the weaker part of his range that you won't get value from anyways, but still has a chance to draw out if you don't bet.

Anyways, good luck with this and lol at your initials being FML. I thought it was fuck my life.

if you raise pre , cbet the flop , You're repping a big hand raising from the BB so bet about 2/3 pot. If you get called and whiff the turn you can always check then. You hit the turn so be 2/3 again. You have to make the draws pay to get there. If you bet too small you make it less of a mistake for the draws to call or if really small/checking then its correct for the draws to continue. Betting lke this would get you headsup probably at the river and then its a real shitty spot.I'd probably bet 1/3 of the pot and fold to a raise.

Originally Posted by dranger7070

In your hand, you say you don't want to bet because not enough worse is calling. 2 things on this:

1.) There's actually a decent number of worse hands that are calling, Ax (esp with a BDFD), TJ, QT, QJ, missed overs like KQ, KJ, etc.

2.) There are 3 reasons to bet at any time:
-The first is for value, pretty straightforward no need to explain I think.
-The second is as a bluff. If you think he's folding more than bet/(bet+pot) then fire away.
-The third is to pick up dead money in the pot.

This is one of those situations where it takes in two of the 3 reasons to bet. 1 is for value from worse hands that can't find the fold for at least one street, the other is to make him fold out his SCs, some overs, Ax, Kx, etc. You don't want to give him a free card and allow him to catch on you. By betting you're protecting your equity in the pot vs the weaker part of his range that you won't get value from anyways, but still has a chance to draw out if you don't bet.

Anyways, good luck with this and lol at your initials being FML. I thought it was fuck my life.

Thanks for the feedback, dranger! I agree with you here, i should have absolutely bet the flop. When I played this I wasn't unsure what to do with paired flops, but I after discussing it with spoon I understand a lot better.