[pepper123]

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also, if i was the opponent and had QQ here, i don't mind just smooth-calling the whole way - the pot stays manageable (meaning i don't lose the maximum those times i'm behind) and i extract more money from bluffs than i would have if i had raised at some point along the way.


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If you're talking about hand one, playing QQ like villain played would be absolutely atrocious

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just because the opponent is unlikely to have a better hand than JJ, doesn't mean we should bet. i just don't think you can get called by an inferior hand.

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in hand 1 i think we can get a 1/2 pot bet paid off by a worse hand pretty easily. i know that whenever i try to 3 barrel a board like this with a missed draw i get called by 98 here.

also, if i can say for like 99% certainty that i have the best hand (and i'd say that about hand 1) then i'm going to bet away. i'm beat so rarely that i'm not going to worry about what he calls me with.