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Originally Posted by amarri
Why would you call if you were set mining ?
Maybe I was taught wrong ? But I was taught you want at least 9 or 10 to 1 to set mine AND you would like 3 or more oppentents if possiable.
Also the reason I MIGHT call with 77 but not 33 is because your chances of still being top pair with 77 could happen.
Both opponents limped and called a raise out of position. Whatever you might think you would do in their situation is irrelevant. They see a pair and want to hit a set or they see some suited connectors and call to see a flop. They remember the times where they stack someone and forget all those times they miss and lose $1 or win a small pot against ace high. They keep doing it though. Whether you like it or not, there are plenty of hands that they can both have that have KQ crushed.
They called a raise preflop (which does not mean that much but still), they both called flop and turn and now one of them bets the river and gets called. We know that at least 1 of them
must have something and the one who bet the river may or may not have something good. There are so few draws on the flop and one of them just got there. You're simply not winning this 50%+ of the time, the question is do we win 25% or 30% of the time to make this a very profitable call.
Actually, if we're good 80% of the time like you said then you should be raising.