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Originally Posted by Paper Tiger
How do you guys arrive at the conclusion that 4 betting could be/is better?
My reason for playing it passively was that most double pairs imo prefer to call because they either spike most of their equity on the flop or miss completely. Is it the dead money that justifies the 4b or pushing out other players?
It's pretty complicated. But some pieces of the reasoning.
First - Hero going HU with the shortstack is a good result.
Second - It's good to have 4! with non AA hands, here we have the benefit of an a blocker and a hand with good equity when called by bigger pairs.
Third - even though this hand has good multiway equity, its playability on the flop isn't always great, and seeing all 5 cards is valuable. So while Hero doesn't mind seeing a flop multiway, it's less profitable if BB calls and can shove 36bb it puts Hero in some awkward spots.