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11-11-2017 , 04:12 AM

Chicagodude

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NWI NL 1/2
7 player table, very passive. Middle of Friday afternoon. Hero is at $185 or so, a half hour into session. Villain is 30 yo white male, not getting out of line from what Hero could tell. He's at $300.
Hero is in small blind with A

2 Limps to hero (UTG+1, MP). Hero completes. BB checks.
4 players to flop, pot $8.
FLOP A

I check the flop. Would leading out here be better?
BB, UTG+1 check
Villain in MP Bets 10
Hero doesn't like this. There are still 2 other players yet to act. I want to CR. Am I wrong?
Should I
A. Call bet?
B. Reraise to 30 or 40?
C. Ship it?
What's best practice here on this board? A10 sure isn't the nuts.

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11-11-2017 , 05:49 AM

Viral25

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You seem mubsy. Bigger Ax raise preflop, so A5 and 55 are really the only hands we should be worried about. AT is close to the nuts and you should be delighted that someone is putting money in the pot.

As far as flatting or raising, I think raising (25-30ish) should be better since we have the top of our range, we can get value vs worse Ax and FD's and even in the rare circumstance we are beat we stil have decent equity.

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11-11-2017 , 07:07 AM

Chicagodude

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Well there were still 2 guys yet to act. I do fight those tendencies for sure. I'm trying to be "stickier" after i read a couple of Ed's books. I have a lot of improving I need to do.

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11-11-2017 , 07:11 AM

Vagine

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Flat the flop/turn/river. You will never be happy if everything goes in on the flop and your hand has very little room for improvement.

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11-11-2017 , 07:31 PM

twitcherroo

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AP I'd raise the flop. Lot's more hands that you're ahead of that will call, than hands you're behind. A8 is usually too stupid to fold. AJ usually raises pre. As mentioned above you could be behind A5 or 55, but if you run into significant confidence, adjust accordingly. Many V's believe that A8 and A5 are both the nuts here so it's hard to read V differently for those two hands.

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11-11-2017 , 07:44 PM

fatmanonguitar

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I lead flop to get value from weaker aces, FDs and weaker hands who are sticky and think you are FOS. And because leading with an ace in this spot is actually more deceptive.

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11-11-2017 , 10:53 PM

Amanaplan

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Raise pre

Bet flop

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