Re: live 67s Button
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Then why not 34s or 23s
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Increased straight potential. 32s can make only two straights with both cards. Anything 54s and above can make four. Doesn't seem like a big difference, but you're playing these hands for their big-hand, big-pot potential, so it's significant.
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Gotta go now, but I think the post flop decisions here in this hand may be more crucial than pre flop.
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Normally I'd agree, but in this case I think OP might have taken down an enormous pot if he'd raised PF here.
(1) He's no longer representing small cards, so he's not as likely to scare everyone out when the straight hits on the turn.
(2) He ties people to the (now larger) pot on the turn - with an extra $24 in there his raise is much more likely to get a caller, which then is more likely to prompt an overcall, etc., etc. Once they've called the turn at least one is gonna call the river, and if your hand is still best (which is very likely), all of a sudden you're now scooping not a 6 BB pot but a 12-13 BB pot.
As it stands, IMO you played it right - sucks that everyone abandoned ship, but you'd be kicking yourself if you let two small diamonds in cheap to beat you.
Mook
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