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Originally Posted by chillrob
Unless UTG is the kind of weak who plays way too many hands but then gives up easily after the flop, and unless the blinds are very tight players, I think preflop is pretty bad.
Position doesn't mean that much if you have a hand that will never win unimproved.
I think position matters a ton when we don't have showdown value -- bluffing is easier in position than OOP, too. Whether I'd raise 97s here is a function of how bad the limper plays post and how tough the field is behind me. Against someone who will play reasonably well, or where I think I'm going to either get three-bet a lot behind and/or face strong opponents, I just let this one go. It's close enough that I don't think it's worth debating much.
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Originally Posted by DeathDonkey
3 bet flop for sure
This is opponent dependent for me. A lot of players basically just have an overpair or better here, and UTG's action suggests we probably aren't drawing to all our outs/possibly drawing to a chop with some of them. I'm much more inclined to 3b vs someone who will raise wider on the flop.
Agree with checking turn as played and agree with leading river as played.