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Originally Posted by AllTheCheese
I agree with checking weaker top pairs, but we opened the btn so we have a bunch of weaker top pairs than this (also QxJd which is better than this to check back), and he almost never has a one pair hand that is better than ours after he flats out of the straddle.
it's not about being worried about him having stronger top pairs than ours, like, at all. (altho just fyi, good players will flat as strong as AQo from big blind more often than you think, although i dont think this villain is very likely to do that here in this particular spot against what he likely perceives as weaker competition in a lower stakes game)
you should open tighter from the BTN when a straddle is out since you have 3 blinds to get through instead of 2, so you shouldnt actually have a bunch of weaker top pairs on this flop- the weakest ones would play well as x/b/b candidates tho, while QJ/QT are good to b/x and you could go 3 streets on a variety of runouts with KQ+ (if you were worried about having well constructed, protected ranges)
anyway, whatever