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Originally Posted by wait
Way less like 50 or check. Not sure we should be feigning AAxx here or have enough equity to barrel or v-bet. Just bloating the pot potentially 3 way and oop. We just want to get to the turn at least with bdfd and straight draw or moreso the river as cheap as possible.
My reasoning at the time was that I'm ahead most of the time, and want to just take the pot down now. I heavily blocked straights, and even if I did get called, have several nut outs. I also thought that if I sized down, it would be seen as weak, and I'd get raised off the hand, which would be a pretty bad denial of equity.
That being said, I'm inclined to like a x/raise looking back at the hand. A bet/call is probably too light vs a flop raising range, a bet/raise is interesting to think about but also pretty spewy, and a x/call makes turn plays difficult OOP. A x/raise seems good because it blocks the nuts, and we are likely to be able to just take down the pot on the flop. If V calls and turn bricks, we get away, and if V calls and we hit on turn, we're likely getting at least one more bet out of V.
Edit: A52 flops have been challenging lately.