Re: HU rake considerations in split pot games
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Actually I think I see your point. Him calling every time is good, because sometimes you scoop, but him calling every time you scoop, and ALSO you not losing an extra .05 some of the time, is a little better.
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Exactly. He'll come along and pay you off on your scoop hands if there's even as little as about a 25% chance that you're betting your low-only hand. Betting your low-only hands more often than that shouldn't bring him along any more often, but it will cost both of you in extra rake.
But this is really only true in this particular situation where you have no draw to win high, a non-scary board, and rake is an issue. If any of those three conditions is not true, bet/raising is usually better than check/calling.
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