[Bostik]

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What I believe to see much more is like aces and kings that make their second pair when this harmless looking 3 falls and this is what makes overpairs a bit insecure for me.

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I'll second that. Especially during weekends, with the huge number of casual gamers, this seems more like a norm than an anomaly. People will call big bets, even raises with A4o. Basically, it seems like for them any hand with an ace or king in it is worth playing a big pot.

I'm a relatively new player and I've just begun to adjust to this change of attitude during weekends. But basically any time I'm in a pot with a decent ace (T+ kicker), raise pre-flop, and a limper calls, I expect to see a naked A/K. So if I hit my top pair and two small cards flop as well, I fully expect to be up against two pair. A min-raise against my bet on flop practically confirms it.

Naturally, on those rare occasions when I hit the top two at the same time, I'll be happy to play for stacks.