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You can argue if it's a defendable play (I would disagree), but calling 52o and checking the flop here HU is not the mark a good aggressive player.

As to the hand, I think there's no way anyone is profitable with 52o in the long run. In addition, not betting when you have the nut low, 8 outs and HU to a passive opponent is bad.

+1.

And as far as preflop goes, if dudes are calling raises with 52o and not betting when checked to on J43, what should we be doing to combat this?

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07-22-2020 , 01:14 PM

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fightingillini

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Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 313

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Originally Posted by WaitingOnAP

This is why I would have never put V on 52. He has an OESD and it's been checked to him. You HAVE to bet and try and take it down. You will only make the straight about 16-17% on the turn. On a J43 board, betting should get Hero to fold a good percentage of the time. It's a dream scenario, since an A makes V a straight and it could pair up Hero.

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07-22-2020 , 01:35 PM

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gobbledygeek

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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 36,150

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Originally Posted by fightingillini

You HAVE to bet and try and take it down.

I already explained this earlier, but your FE is lowest on early streets, especially to a raiser HU who checks the flop OOP (seriously, what do you think your FE is on the flop in this spot?). So it's perfectly fine to play passively on early streets and take a free card / attempt to steal the pot on later streets, by which time you've gathered more information and also have more FE.

I mean, you *can* bet it (with one of the biggest arguments being building an even bigger pot in position with some equity to steal later), but you don't *have* to.

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