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Originally Posted by pele02
Dealt to Hero A K
fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to $1, fold, Hero raises to $3, fold, CO calls $2
FLOP ($6.25) 8 J K
Hero bets $3.75, CO raises to $7.50, Hero raises to $22.27 (AI), CO calls $14.50 (AI)
Don't you guys think he raises good draws here? Are we folding b/c it's a minraise and we hold the A?
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I think the most important part of this hand is preflop. Villan is a 12/9 and is flatting a 3b. The range of hands that he has when he flats a 3b is 88/JJ/AK/AQ/sometimes KK/AA. We can take away AK/AQ because we have A
. So unless we want to get it in as a 95% dog then we should be folding.
The thing is your thoughts are right that a player like this will occasionally use his image in order to make us fold better hands. The problem is that he cant have hands like QT in his range because he most likely doesnt flat 3b's with that hand. In the off chance that he does and his range is 88/JJ/sometimes KK/QT were still crushed by that range.
FWIW, I still fold even if we dont have the A
. Im then folding because I chop rarely, am crushed often, and when Im ahead its by no more than 5%. I know it all sounds very exploitable and truthfully it is, but without history were going to have to give him the benefit of the doubt.