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A too small bet may give him proper odds to continue with his hand.

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what is wrong with this? the only drawing hand that can suck out on you is the straight, but let's suppose the straight possibility is not there. so many people believe you should not give someone the proper odds to call. You have hit a set, top set i might add. you want to get as much VALUE as you can. Whatever way you see that will get as many chips going in to the pot as possible is the correct play. you can't be scared of the 2 outers to a higher set.

Note: in this hand because of the straight possibility, i wouldn't make it too cheap, i would give him borderline odds to draw to a straight. if i get sucked out on, then i resuck on river.

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You're half way there. Yes, the priority is getting max value, not protecting against draws. But you don't get max value by betting 75 and hoping they have a ten and will pay you off a little, you get max value by betting 150 or 200 and having done it often enough that they think you're full of [censored] and call or even checkraise with a ten, or 99, or a weak draw, or nothing.

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that is what i said right? getting as many chips going into the pot as you think is possible.