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Originally Posted by MIB211
Hand 1 - --snipp-- Calling is a disaster, there are almost no good turns and we may go 3- or 4-way to the turn in which case we have to dodge like 2/3s of the deck.
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Not questioning your advise, just your argument. If 2 players over-call you are getting almost 4:1 for your 2:1 "dodge" chances. And when you do "dodge", say offsuit 5 on the turn, your hand looks like a winner more than half the time. I've been out of it for a while; where am I thinking wrong? Excepting of course one of these others may raise.
Hand 1: Yes, the problem here is your position vis-a-vis the other players.
[A1] If they correctly check-to-this-raiser because he's quite aggressive, then top two is a big favorite against him.
[A2] If they are incorrectly checking to the raiser, then you have 3 opponents who could have any set and a LP better who, at worst, has A9. Ugh.
[B] If they don't auto-check-to-the-raiser then you have a no brainer raise.
Lets go back and review "position" in the books. This squeeze is foreseeable before the flop and argues for folding to the pre-flop raise, since the nature of your hand is such that the most common good flops are indeed top-two pair. Non-nut hands play far better in position. Play pre-flop hands early that flop big hands or big draws.
For those who cannot decide between folding and raising, I think it desirable to put in aggressive action when its close as this encourages you to get action with your better hands. Especially if you are perceived as a "nit".