Raising For Information

[greg nice]

good post bobo

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Rather, a raise for information is useful when an opponent will NOT REVEAL THIS INFORMATION. This is someone capable of firing a 2nd barrell, or possibly 3rd, with an unimproved AK.

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this ist he key. as you mentioned, the deeper the stacks are, the more willing a guy will be to just keep firing. with online 100bb stacks, most players will define their hand on the turn, because another pot bet will put in substantial portion of their stack. as stacks get increasingly deeper, each bet could be somewhat thought of as a bet in a fixed limit game, where they have so much money behind that commmittment is the last thing on their mind.

the interesting thing is even though this seems like a case where you are raising for information because he will not reveal that info, in reality, YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR INFORMATION. that is, you have the info that he is aggro with a deep stack, will raise loosely preflop, and will fire 2nd and 3rd barrels with no pair. i would say you are raising for VALUE vs a likely hand you beat!