Re: FossilMan requests your feedback
MLG, thanks for your kind words and feedback. As Silent A suggests, when I raised the turn, it was mostly because I thought I had the best hand, and I didn't want to just call and see a straightening card hit the river. Even a club would have been iffy, as it isn't hard to put my opponent on the nut club draw. Lots of bad cards that I won't know if they beat me or not, so even if he checks them, I can't value bet anymore. The main reason for the flop call is that I had position, and many times I had called with nothing, been checked to on the turn, and took the pot with a bet. Not improperly, my calls were being given much more credit than my bets/raises, so I stole quite a few pots this way.
As for the size of the turn raise, it was pretty much my standard. I always bet or raise (with only a few exceptions) about 2/3 to 3/4 of the pot, so I don't want to vary it here just because I'm more interested in getting a fold.
Thanks, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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