32K pot against Bld with 8 high? toughest decision I've ever had!

[Parlay Slow]

I'm pretty sure BLd had 34 but I can't completely remember

[HotPants]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm pretty sure BLd had 34 but I can't completely remember

[/ QUOTE ]

Why would you be capable of remembering? Did he tell you what he had?

[LegallyBlind]

I think we can agree Bld would fould all hands<set and call with 43, this seems pretty standard. So, aren't we more interested to know if Bld would have folded a set on this hand if sam pushed the river?

and of course i mean any set lower than JJJ and AAA

[samoleus]

I still don't know what Bld had. He did not show.

[MDMA]

Blopp, he's either raising the same amount with all holdings, or he's capable of raising all different amounts with every holding. No good player on this level is ever gonna let any information slip through through their preflop betsizes, and most likely not through their betsizes on any other street as well (except for when they want to represent a certain holding/strength obviously, such as with river overbets representing air or nuts).

[samoleus]

Blopp, your answers:

1. I never vary my raise sizes based on hand strength. Position and number of players in the pot are the only factors that determine the size of my opening raise.

2. Good question. I think 7-5 may or may not check call the river. If he bets with 7-5 (probably 50% of the time in this spot), he will almost always fold to a raise. A-7 probably fires and folds to a raise. However, there is almost 0% chance that he plays the flop that way with A-7.