My TT needs serious help, when to slow down?

[car ramrod]

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why does everyone like the flop raise so much?


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against most donks the raise slows them up, so they tend to check to us, like villian did here, that way we always have the option to bet or check, vs just an option to call. Also he could be donking with a 9 or a 3 or [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]'s, meaning we have the best hand.

[Buckmulligan]

If the raise folds 9x hands, I really don't think we want to raise. It also folds lower pocket pairs that we have crushed.

And the "slow them down" notion doesnt really make sense to me. If he has the best hand, we don't want to be raising him, period. It's certainly not right to justify it by saying it gives us more peace of mind

[car ramrod]

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If the raise folds 9x hands, I really don't think we want to raise. It also folds lower pocket pairs that we have crushed.

And the "slow them down" notion doesnt really make sense to me. If he has the best hand, we don't want to be raising him, period. It's certainly not right to justify it by saying it gives us more peace of mind



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I'm guessing he is not going to fold if he has a peice of the board or a pp, so if he has a 3, a 9, or a flush draw, I like a raise.

If he happens to have a J, then we get the option to check thru the river, I like having that option. If we just call, call, call, we lose more if behind, and we give him a chance for over cards to come.

that gives me peace of mind.

[RICHI8]

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If the raise folds 9x hands, I really don't think we want to raise. It also folds lower pocket pairs that we have crushed.

And the "slow them down" notion doesnt really make sense to me. If he has the best hand, we don't want to be raising him, period. It's certainly not right to justify it by saying it gives us more peace of mind

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A raise on the flop is only one small bet. It will usually slow him down on the later rounds where there are Big Bets because then he knows he is likely to face a raise.

[Buckmulligan]

rich -

again, this is completely arbitrary. It's nice when we get him to check into us, but don't forget the times when he three bets this flop or calls the flop and c/raised the turn.