[john kane]

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I play poker?

wtf

building a pot when we have a big edge against our opponent's range is not a bad thing

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imo, not when there are streets still to go and he'll always be able to see where in your range you are playing (by your turn action) and you won't be able to see where in his range he is playing (by acting first on turn), and that he can represent he is in a higher region of his range when he sees you are representing a hand lower in your range (if you check turn) thus i think you are committing yourself to betting the turn.

thus the only way to compensate that is to represent a hand lower in your range than it actually is, and to then induce him to represent a hand higher in his range than he actually does, i.e. by playing it passively on previous streets/preflop.

doubt that makes much sense, but hopefully some.

for example, on the turn, if we bet again, we have committed ourselves to engaging in a bet regardless of the turn card becuase we have bet on both preflop and flop, that isnt a good situation being the guy who is blindly making bets and letting the opponent choose whether to accept it.

meh, maybe thats a load of crap, but i think there is some truth in that. if by raising pf and betting flop, you are committing yourself to betting turn vs a tricky smart opponent, i don't think that is a good situation to be in at all, especially as your other option is to check-call and that screams out showdown value.