Re: Raising the river
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No raising blocking bets?
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I raise weak bets when I think I can steal the pot. This is usually earlier in the hand, and it is usually in smaller pots. There are exceptions, of course. But I've been burned too much when someone makes the "blocking bet" on the river and goes ahead and calls a raise with TPTK or whatever.
But this could just be a symptom of overall bad river play. When bluffing I want to be able to represent something convincing, and if I don't raise without close to the nuts, then it often puts me in a position where I can't really represent the nuts (due to previous betting, etc) and I feel like a raise just stands out as a bluff.
It's funny... there are so many times when I just call on the end when I'm 90% sure I have the best hand, yet in the exact same spot with a busted hand I will fold because I don't think I can bluff very well. If I'd just figure out for sure whether they'd call, I could either get a lot more value from marginal hands or steal a lot more pots...
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