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Originally Posted by flyingnite
Why raise? We want two-pair to call, we want flushes to call, we want straight draws to call.
It's low limit live poker. They will call with all types of draws.
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Originally Posted by unrealzeal
all i can see in this hand is perfect squeeze pre spot
Don't think I'd ever advocate a squeeze here vs. a nitty UTG minraiser + multiple callers at a low limit game. As a "default line", I think squeezing is a really bad idea, actually. Unless you're specifically there to be the hyperaggro LAG (which I think is fine, given the right circumstances), but OP clearly isn't.
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Originally Posted by 2OutsNoProb
I'm dead serious with this post.
Make it $150 total here, saying the amount verbally as you place it into the middle. This will 100% without a doubt take-it-to-the-bank cause at least one person to comment out loud that the "correct" raise size has to be $170. When this happens, be loud and voiciferous as to why it doesn't. Make a scene if possible. Eventually, a dealer or floor guy of competence will obviously rule that you can in fact make it $150, but by this point the rules arguing will cause enough inflamed feelings as to guarantee you get action. Someone will either ****-it-I'm-all-in on you, or you get called and proceed to a turn where you are really only concerned with not seeing a club peel off.
This is so brilliant it brings tears to my eyes.
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Originally Posted by whorasaurus
Am I doing something wrong, because the old b/3b line never works for me. I always bet and just get called, it's rare that I'll get raised in a spot like this. Which makes sense, b/c you're going to want a big fkn hand to raise on a 854cc board when the SB wakes up and makes a decent lead into a big field of players.
Even if the table is not prone to raising I'd much rather lead. In many passive live games people will check-through their draws in a multiway pot like this, draws which would happily pay at least one bet to see the turn. By taking the betting initiative, I also give myself control over the size of the pot, and in any situation where I'm trying to extract value, I'd much rather have the betting lead - live villains simply make bets which are FAR TOO SMALL.