Re: HOH3 Problem 1
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T8o is not a marginal hand. It's crap. If you're going to raise with that, you should be raising with like 80% of your hands or something here. Which is terrible, for obvious reasons.
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Someone better go tell Ivey. And Juanda, Hansen and Negreanu.
I'm not saying I usually raise here, because I almost never do, but I do believe there are situations where it's worth considering. When deciding to raise, cards are a consideration and these ones are bad. Position is a consideration and it's not great. Chip stacks are a consideration and here they're so big that implied odds may warrant raising. And quality of players at the table is also a consideration. I'm not willing to grant that there aren't opponents against whom a raise here is +EV. The top pros know this and thats why you'll see Howard Lederer raising 80% of hands in late position.
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