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Anyways, against the aggro donks I feel that in some situations it is crucial to raise against them as their betting range includes draws sometimes and you must protect your hand.
That's sacrificing value because we're afraid of draws, which IMO is a very common flaw among uNL'ers. Yes, sometimes the aggrodonk is drawing, and a certain corresponding percentage of the time he makes it. But:
1. Usually when the draw comes in we'll see it, and won't lose too much to it with our usual calling range against him, and
2. Much, MUCH more often he's betting with nothing, and we lose way too much value by raising him, which denies him the chance to make his mistake (continuing to bluff.)
When you have very obvious draws on board it can be the best play to just raise him out of the pot, but that's much more exception than rule. Most aggrodonks WILL fold if you raise and they have nothing, whereas if you just act weak and call and check they'll keep bluffing. Let them.
To put it another way, to beat an aggrodonk we want to be a station. There are SOME boards on which even a station will fold top pair, and some boards where even a station will raise because he has a big hand and the board is dangerous, and obviously there are some boards where we'll do the same.