Re: a fun 97s hand
Ouch. I like the preflop limp, but agree with Snowball that the limp-reraise is painful. We had a situation where we were paying 2 bets to see the flop with this hand, and now we've paid 4. Not only that, note that SB folded out after it was 2 more back to him, cutting the field in a situation were we want as much action as possible if we catch something big.
The advantage of building this big pot is that it ties our opponents to weak draws when we're ahead, but as Snowball points out this is a two-edged sword that affects us as well. There's definitely a big difference between the 12 bet pot and the 18, since with the 12 we might be able to fold UI on the turn, but the 18 is a mathematical anchor that is dragging us to the river with as little as 4-5 outs. I think we need a stronger hand to make this effect work in our favor, since we're almost certainly not +EV here preflop.
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