Re: Help me help a friend $33-27 on PS
The thing is, if you are going to play 43s PF against a raise, what kind of flop are you looking for? I'd argue that this is just about as good as you can hope for, so I'd play it aggressively.
I'm not playing 43s PF with the intention of check/folding or bet/folding on this flop. I prefer check/calling on the flop rather than leading because leading often lets our villain play perfect. He folds his high unpaired cards and raises his strong hands.
So let's check/call so that he has to bet both his weak and strong hands. I also check/call because it gets the pot to about the size that I want to make a big check/raise semi-bluff. A check/raise shove on the flop is too big of an overbet.
Also, check/raise shoving the turn may get villain to lay down his big hands as we represent the straight. Additionally, he may choose to check behind giving us a free card that can really hurt him.
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