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in the HJ after 4 limpers. This is a clear and easy fold, but in the book the player called to set up a postflop decision. CO and BTN fold, SB completes, BB raises, everybody (including hero) calls.
Flop comes 8
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. 7 players, 7BB in the pot.
SB checks, BB bets, everybody calls. 9.5BB in the pot.
What's the best play here? It seemed like a difficult spot while I was reading the book but now I think a raise is a no-brainer. As a matter of fact, a reraise by the BB would be a GOOD thing because he'd help us knock out a lot of hands with outs to beat our trips. The reality is we're playing for half of this pot, but I don't mind making my half of the pot as big as possible.
I'm aware that someone could make a bigger flush than us, but I don't think that happens often enough to worry about and we have outs to a boat.
I'm also aware that someone could have a bigger 4, but come on, how mubsy can we be?
Is a raise as obvious as it looks?
EDIT: And how confident are we that the BB has some form of A2, A3 or AA? I think he's betting a nut low or second-nut low draw.