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Old 09-13-2006, 12:47 PM
rory rory is offline
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Default Re: 100/200 A4o on the button

If you decide to call down there isn't much of a decision to make unless he bets the river too. Personally, if I called the turn here I probably would call the river against an unknown. Your hand might be good; he might be semi-bluffing or balls out bluffing. Also I would like a new player who presumably doesn't know how I play to not get the idea in his head that I am someone to be bluffed since part of the way I win is saving that last bet since everybody knows I never fold. I'd rather create the impression that I will never fold than try to make a good river laydown here. For example if I called down with K high here I pretty much made it so the guy won't bluff me for the next half an hour which in and of itself should be worth the fracton of a BB especially since he is going to be my BB bitch.

Knowing that I am going to call the river then it makes sense for me to raise any face card on the turn for a free showdown. Maybe a 5 will fold or maybe not but it doesn't matter since I was going to call the river anyway. At any rate raising the face card on the turn is the only way that maybe a better hand will fold so it is worth it since I was going to call the river anyway. Also, even better than being percieved as a player who will never fold is to be percieved as someone not to [censored] with, especially when that person is going to be playing you in many HU pots.
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