Re: 10/20 FR. TPTK vs Strassa
cero_z, I think the main problem with checking this flop is how you basically scream "I have a stronger hand than AA here zero percent of the time", and versus I guy like strasser who definately would pick up on this, I think he will be very prone to fire turn and if called only by OP, push pretty much any river without any two cards, and this WILL be profitable if he has good reason to believe that BB will not often interfer. The only thing working against strasser to do this is the fact that he has BB to worry about when betting turn in case flop went c/c/c.
Generally I just fold here given that he checkraised in a multiway pot. Had strasser been BB and sb had folded preflop, then, against a tricky player who will do this with air a lot of the time, I'd call a lot of the time and get it allin very often on any non-heart, non-k,non-8turn if he bets (which he will do a lot since he knows what your hand is kind of narrowed when cold-calling in this spot.) . He can definately give up some of the time on turn with air simply because he knows how intimidating that c/r on the flop looks (e.g, against any good player it's basically for stacks since OP would know strassa is gonna put it in on turn most of the time regardless of card, he doesn't gets explitable for villain in a way that villan can call flop and then get information about strasser on turn as long as he's checking a minorty of the times (where all checks can of course be air, that doesn't matter since it's the THREAT that the c/r on the flop (e.g I'm betting turn 00% of the time no matter the card) imposes that's what really matters, as long as OP knows strasser WILL be betting turn on a blank the vast majority of times, and as such, OP cannot really call to reconsider (if it blanks, that is). I mean, simply put: If you know that strasser is betting turn a vast majority of the times no matter his holding when c/ring like this and getting, then you simply have to decide whether you think your hand is ev+ vs his range that he c/r:s here with (made hands, draws/combodraws and air), and if turn blanks, then you understandably cannot fold if he bets but rather you must push.
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