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Originally Posted by Bren1880
Yes I kinda figured this not that i could advise anyone but if villain calls the raise did I just give myself a worse price to hit?they give me a price of 3/1 (25%)but if I raise villains 10 dollar bet to 30,that means I'm now putting in 30 to win 50 when they call so now I need to hit roughly 35ish % to break even. I guess at this stage I'm just hoping for a fold or a call check to realise my full equity .ive never fully understood this but if I get confirmation that this is how it's done that is all i need
The thing you may be missing is the implied odds when villain calls your raise. Your raise has three things going for it in and of itself:
1. Your opponent might fold and you win the pot. Calling doesn’t give you this possibility.
2. Your opponent will likely think you have a strong hand and as a result will be less likely to bluff or bet a marginal hand on the turn. If he does get the turn you can be pretty sure he has a strong hand and you can reevaluate the situation
3. You build a bigger pot for those occasions where you do hit your draw if villain calls the raise.
This call indicates that villain likely has at least a decent hand and will be more likely to pay off a bet on a future street if you hit your draw. This phenomenon is called implied odds and is the reason we often can play draws in NLHE at all. You cant be sure you’ll get paid but if you think in your example that villain would call a $100 bet on the river, you can effectively add this $100 to the direct pot odds. Generally if you just call, the amount that an opponent will pay off will be smaller.