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I've slowly come to the realization that always trying to put the last raise in when you have the best hand in will result in a few big wins and a ton of huge losses.

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what do you mean by this? I think you may have worded it poorly, as I see nothing wrong with raising and reraising when we have the best hand.

do you mean that putting in the last raise with a good but not great hand, like in this case, just sets us up to lose big pots when we get popped on the turn by a set/flush and we have build a pot that is too big to fold?

I would have 3bet the flop in this hand because I think a player with these stats has a worse ace here more often than 2pair or a set, but maybe I am wrong.