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Originally Posted by agamblerthen
See pages 96-97 of SSHE. Miller et al. describe a very similar situation in their Introduction to Postflop Concepts. Hero flops second pair and a backdoor flush draw in a multiway pot, and the player on his right bets: "Raising is the correct play; calling and folding are both major mistakes!"
Button is loose pre; why does he have to have an Ace here? He could have a 6 or a 3 or 45 or 44 for that matter. He could have two face cards. You want everybody else to fold, so it's just you and the button. In fact, there's a chance your check-raise will win the pot right here.
Even if the button does have an Ace, it's probably a weak one (since he didn't raise pre). So there's a chance your check-raise will keep him from betting again, allowing you to get to showdown cheaply.
This is a much different situation than the SSHM example
1) My example is a very small un raised pot. It's of less importance to protect my hand. This pot had 4 small bets. The SSHM was a raised pot and had 10 small bets.
2) The SSHM hand was a much more coordinated board. Given the size of this pot it's important to cut down the odds of the other players. It is likely some of the other players have a piece of this flop. In my hand it is unlikely anybody else has a piece of this flop and less likely they will chase. Also, there is less a threat of one of them check raising after my call.
3) In my hand there is a good chance that the button has a worse made hand or possibly nothing given that no one has shown interest by the time it gets to him. I'd prefer to just peel here and see how the action goes. I'd prefer to not bloat this small pot with a marginal hand OOP.
Last edited by mongidig; 07-19-2021 at 10:49 AM.