Re: Live 10-20 hand.
Let's see if I can make sense of this...
Since the good player didn't bet the flop, you figure that he's not that likely to have 2 clubs - after he calls your bet, he most likely has some sort of peeling hand like a pair+BDFD. The 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] on the turn kills his backdoor outs, and since you've got 2 pair now, if he's got a hand like 78 then he's only got 2 outs to beat you instead of 5. With only 4 BB in the pot, you don't mind giving him a small chance to beat you, since your check behind looks so much like a flush draw that he'll bet the river pretty much every time, whereas he'll usually fold to your turn bet. On the river you have the best hand most of the time, but you just call because the good player won't call a raise unless you are beat.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that I can't think of any hands that a good player would play this way on the flop. What hand is he willing to call a bet with (heads-up, OOP, against another good player) that he won't bet himself after most of the field checks to him?
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