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Originally Posted by Smarty 2.0
How come we arent patting as we are likely the only one to be going for low and we already have a made hand?
Because we are a favorite to improve on our hand by drawing 1 three times and we can scoop by making a wheel. It's also not a given that we are the only one going for low, and people can switch their draws if they catch perfect. Guy limp/calls utg with AA, draws 3 and makes A246 he might switch in a 4 way pot with aces likely dead. Guy drawing 2 can easily have a good hand like 345 as well and raising to buy the button and juice the pot up multiway.
No reason to "waste" such a strong draw by patting it right away.
Also, OP, our hand is way more disguised by 3betting and drawing 1 than calling and drawing 1. I feel like our hand is way more face up when we call otb and draw 1 than any other option. I usually draw 1 to my trips and obviously draw 1 with my two pairs, so having a strong draw in there is perfect balancing.
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Originally Posted by electrical
More experienced Archie players (not many in this lineup but you should already know who I'm talking about) are somewhat overly-inclined to disguise their hands, drawing one to trips or AA,
Curious if you think you're giving up very much at all by drawing 1 to trips. I will generally draw 2 on first draw if I have kickers that aren't particularly live but then draw 1 after to make it possible I have some sort of other high hand that I can play fast and get paid off on the river.
Obviously drawing 1 with AA is awful but trips the only thing you're missing out on is that 1 outer for quads at the cost of potentially giving up a good kicker like a 9, T or J that is more likely live than not.