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Originally Posted by jesse8888
my problem with firing the flop is that I feel like calling all the way down with AK is spew once he raises the flop. What do you do if you fire, he raises, you call, the turn blanks, you check/call again, then on the river you still can't beat pocket deuces and he bets. Do you fold? I hate taking that line, but calling on the river seems awful.
1) when did he raise the flop
2) why do you have to call all the way down?
jesse, i think you are making a rather serious error in that you are assuming someone always has to have a pair in this spot.
on this type of board, you can assume your AK is the best hand until someone tells you otherwise. the large size of the pot also makes it paramount that you try and win it through aggression. not that you expect someone with a pair to fold - but rather, that you want anyone who has up to 6 outs against you to fold, either on the flop or the turn.
if you bet and get raised, you are almost always behind. because the pot is so large, so you peel the flop and the turn (assuming HU) and then comfortably fold on the river if you dont improve. however, dont immediately assume you are going to get raised on the flop.
Last edited by Don Karnage; 08-26-2008 at 04:30 PM.