Re: How to play loose
PF: I think limping and raising are close here. limping allows you to win bigger pots, raising allows you to win more pots.
I will usually raise this flop bet, unless I am ready to commit myself to the hand (which I'm not here). The reason being that I may have the best hand, the odds of this getting to showdown without another significant bet are slim.
What I'm trying to say is, I am not convinced we are behind on the turn. Does AK really make that wierd 55 chip bet on the flop? Yeah, maybe, but it might be TT as well. The fact that he didnt get raised on the flop makes him think he might be good, and he comes to life on the turn. I realize that we are behind a good bit here, but I think raising to 200-250 and folding to a reraise leads to a better result than calling 55 and folding. The one thing that 55 chip bet wasn't designed to do was to blow everyone out of the pot. You can't expect that we are getting to showdown for nothing, so why bother even calling?
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