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Originally Posted by Calidesto
I was surprised i didnt get at least one caller...I wasn't really trying to 'take it down' pre, just get it hu n hope they catch a piece of it n spew... bad idea? I should always be 'taking it down' pre?
Out of the blinds much of the profits for QQ+ come when you do take it down preflop or with a flop c-bet. When you do get action past that your beat often enough that the EV is actually smaller.
The $300 pot you take down when somebody shoves KQ vs your AA on a K73 board is offset by the times you loose $300 because they shoved 77. You end up winning here only around 60% because your facing sets and big draws more then single pairs. And since half of that is money you put in yourself, the +EV is only around $30.
When somebody makes it $10 from EP and gets 3 callers and then you raise to $50 out of the blinds, your actually at +$40 EV if everybody folds. Taking it down uncontested is very profitable and you should never be unhappy with your big pair folding everybody out if there is some dead money in the pot.