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Originally Posted by masaraksh
^ omg, if you're gonna not play optimally b/c of "OMG JACKPOT" then just play slots..
How many times a year do we flop a made BBJ hand? A half dozen times? So what, we lose a couple of cheeseburgers a year because we don't play them optimally by betting the flop. And even when we check the flop, there's still a chance Villain bets for us, plus there's still a chance he's flopped a monster and the money all goes in anyways. So all this is risking folding out 88 here?
Sickest feeling I've ever had at the poker, ever, in my life: BBJ is huge, I raise preflop and get some callers with my AT, flop is AAT, and I unwittingly bet out (it's limit, so I need to make immediate value on every street). One guy folds, other guy calls. 4 on the turn. I bet, last guy folds. Other guy says, "Nice flop bet. I woulda turned a set of 4's". Hurray. My flop bet (for $4), prevented me from having a 1/44 chance at winning like 40K (or whatever it was, I can't remember).
Risking a couple of cheeseburgers a year is well worth the piece of mind, IMO.
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