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Thank you, Bet-and-win88

You sound like you’re making the transition from limit to no limit. I assume this from the mixing of “pot equity” theories with that of the best hand.

It’s more accurate in no limit to say that the whole pot belongs to the player with the best hand at the moment. And then we ask ourselves, “Is it financially viable to try to change that?” My examples also assume the bettor is a good player, meaning he bets the size of the pot to prevent your obvious draw. If you call you still only have a so called “50% pot equity”. Those bets and calls don’t give you the pot odds to match much of any kind of draw and it can cause stack anxiety in looking at another and greater pot sized bet. (These grow exponentially.) Even with 16 outs, you still only have about a one third chance, with one card, of coming from behind and making your hand. It doesn’t compute.

You are right. Raising in this situation is a possibility, but the Discussion in question is about position. Raising, by playing your player, is in Discussions in another part of the book.

Stack size is also discussed in other parts of the book.

Thank you for the interest and for the compliments. Good luck and good skill, and enjoy the rest of the book.

Sam