Re: Ace/rag on the button
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If we call isn't that giving SB the odds to call with middle or bottom pair? However, most of the time he will be drawing to less that 5 outs(right?) and therefore making a mistake in calling. Is this the principle behind calling here(along with what has already been added)?
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SB would be getting 8:1. 5 outs gives him 8.2:1, so he would be calling incorrectly.
I did think about this, but my read was that SB was as likely to call two as one. I really don't think he was folding a King and was probably even calling two with a 3, so I really think he missed completely here.
Given that he switched between maniac and calling station a fold really surprised me. Even a 3-bet with air I thought was more likely [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I've read the response as we want to call to keep the pot small. We're not making anything here by betting the whole way, as worse hands probably aren't calling us all the way. So calling makes the most when we're ahead (when BB continues to bet), and loses least when we're behind (by not getting raised/3-bet anywhere).
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