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Middle of the Straight, Do You Fold Middle of the Straight, Do You Fold

10-26-2019 , 08:18 PM
NL 1/2
Hero at 190. Been there for two hours treading water basically. Villain unknown, 45-year-old WG looks professional. New to the table. Has about 150.
Only 30 in the pot on river. Hero has A5 from BB.
River Board 3462K
Hero Bets 15, and is reraised to 45. Do you put him on the 5/7 and fold here?
Hero has had a lot of trouble with 1 card straights over the past three years. Hero never calls with the idiot end or plays it hard when he's got the low end of a straight, but with the very middle of the straight i've had problems letting it go. Is this a leak? Thanks for your insight in advance.
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10-26-2019 , 08:29 PM
Never folding
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10-26-2019 , 11:33 PM
Post the whole hand history. What position the guy entered the pot from, how many people were in the pot, and how he played the whole hand could make a huge difference. A pro is not limping any 75 combos from early position, so we could jam this hand with impunity. Against a loose passive, we can call or even consider folding depending on the action.

In general it's hard to imagine ever folding this. There are just so many more 5x combos than there are 75, and you're getting a good price.
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10-27-2019 , 06:14 AM
Good point. Yeah, he was on the button and it was a limped pot with four players. It was a pretty passive game so he could have felt good about not getting raised and that it was only 2 dollars. Flop bet from UTG player for 7 dollars got 3 callers and then no betting on turn. A strange hand.
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10-27-2019 , 10:39 AM
Don't fold
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10-27-2019 , 11:18 AM
Thank you, that's exactly what I thought was 7/5 was a magic hand.
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