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Originally Posted by gobbledygeek
^ lotta assumptions about guys coming along with absolute crap or playing back at us with nothing
Gsimplytargetthehandsthataremostlikelytocontinue,i moG
I'm not assuming guys are coming along with crap, I'm giving them the opportunity to continue if they have a flush draw (BB) or end up making a hand on the turn (CO and
maybe the straddle if we get lucky.
Let's say the worse case scenario happens and when we call instead of x/r on the flop the straddle doesn't call 18, leaving us 3 handed going into the turn. We can now make a bet of 52 rather than 95, and a bet of 52 is easier for BB to chase than a bet of 95, especially when we haven't signaled a monster with a x/r. 8x is still coming along if that were in the hand, and flush draws (which is what I assume BB holds) has implied odds still with CO behind him in the hand. Straddle could improve on the turn too if he sticks around with a backdoor draw.
Instead, we signaled strength and made it too expensive for opponents to continue, limiting the pot size. The x/r on the turn makes it hard for a flush to continue and knocked the CO out of the pot. The only way we get to max value is by getting calls on the next two streets, and the x/r limited the range of hands that could continue to 8x.