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Originally Posted by SwolyswoND
Don't just look at the extreme examples (your dry runout and the A22 flop). Look at the ones in between like the JT2cc when the opponent holds AKcc. $600 stacks can go in quite easily there, particularly with aggressive players. $1,000 stacks can too.
I'm not sure why I'm chriping back in here, but AKcc vs. 22 on that board does not end well for 22 1/3 of the time, and when big bets start going in on the river, 22 is probably behind.
Overall I think your strategy is mostly sound though. Small PP's are generally profitable hands as evidenced by many online players databases, which mostly consist of 100bb buy-in games and tougher lineups than we face here, and they are rarely folded preflop. Although the value is not just in making sets, but in playing them in position and bluffing well with them also.