Re: 5/10 Stud - Bet or Bait #2
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The guy with the ace up is often calling whenever he has bare aces, is calling with any diamond in the hole, and if he has a diamond flush, you will hit the jackpot.
If they all fold to bet, you weren't going to win much more by checking anyways.
I think checking here is actually quite bad.
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My thinking was that I could get the bet back if either makes their hand, and they would probably fold to my very apparant flush if they didnt have anything anyway. Since I know they can't catch me even if they were able to flip through all the rest of the cards in the deck and take what they wanted I figured I would give them a seed of doubt about my holding and a chance to get something bet-worthy. The only time this truly backfires on me is if I get a 4th suited card up. If I didn't raise 4th I think there is a much stronger case to bet 5th and hope they put me on 4+pair.
Not that it matters, but as it turned out the guy with the aces had jacks down...that would have been a tough call for him on 5th if I bet.
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