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Originally Posted by TheHip41
So lets say you raise AcAs UTG in a 10 hands game (LHE), 8 to the flop, 16 sb
flop is 9h 8h 5d
BB bets, do you raise, or call?
Yes you have an equity advantage RIGHT NOW, but the turn card will change your equity so much.
If the turn is 7h, you are done.
Same thing with this hand, if a diamond hits the turn, or the board pairs, you are check/folding the turn.
The situations are not that similar, but you should absolutely raise with AA in that spot. I think it's even more clear-cut than the OP's hand. And in a LHE game, you can't just immediately fold an overpair when a scare card comes in anyway.
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I think the issue is you are vastly overstating the value of a straight on a flush draw board in O-8
You seem really obsessed with how "good" of a hand a straight is, and that this is all that should factor into your decisions. I've also studied up on the poker hand rankings. I know a straight loses to a flush or a full house. But I've also heard this referred to as "level zero" poker thinking, so there really must be more to the analysis.
You should be thinking about the range of hands your opponents likely have and how different parts of that range will respond to your actions. A lot of hands in the field are going to be very marginal in the eyes of the player holding them, but have enough equity to call a single flop bet. Raising puts these hands in a very difficult spot, while just calling gives them a much easier decision.
Think of it the other way....do you prefer to play against opponents who are transparently only raising with lock nut hands, and otherwise play super-passive, or do you prefer to play against opponents who raise aggressively with draws, marginal hands, and vulnerable made hands as well? You generally don't want to be the type of player you like to play against.