[DeathDonkey]

Hi Stox,

If I remember the conversation with Jason right, I didn't really feel too strongly about the flop play either way. I did say I would raise preflop 100% and I'm surprised nobody has commented on this. I also think the rest of the hand is interesting that Jason hasn't posted yet.

Anyway, a big argument I have for a flop raise is that this is a 5/10 6m game. We will get free cards we don't deserve here because opponents make mistakes more frequently here. You might not get your free card at 300/600 but they often do give it up here. Also, if the SB is aggressive enough to prevent us from getting a free card, he may also be aggressive enough to 3 bet a medium pocket pair or even AK on the flop which would make us a favorite so its not like he just has TT+ everytime.

One more thing is I understand if the turn comes a low spade you can raise the field sometimes but there are also plenty of scare cards (spades or not) that will make the turn action change drastically.

I'm glad to see so much disagreement in this thread at least. It's fun.

-DeathDonkey