Re: Hands that Play Better HU in Multi-Way Pots
One thing that you look at is the relationship of your kicker to your big pair. If you have two suited cards or two consecutive or one-gapped cards and your longshot flush/straight possibilities are fairly live, then your hand has a better shot multiway and you should be less reluctant to raise.
Another thing is the sort of hands your opponents are playing. If they are playing completely random hands, then an early raise has more value than if they are playing more reasonable (if still unprofitable) cards. The hands which you have to be concerned about in multiway pots are the players with three to a straight or flush on fourth street as those are the hands which find themselves not making a mistake by calling when you bloat the pot.
One thing that you can consider is checking fourth if it will allow you to possibly check-raise on fifth.
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