Re: NL25 - 78s
This hand is very different than a standard combo draw.
Getting to a whiffed turn is not such a horrible thing and saying you will always have to c/f is wrong. We have no read and this is 25NL so villain will check behind or underbet more often than he will push the turn.
We have to hit our draw to have any reasonable chance of winning. This fact doesn't change if UTG calls or folds on the flop. Thus while usually getting villain to fold is a great result with a combo draw, here it only reduces our odds.
In addition, this is one of the rare spots where it would be better to call an AI than to be called.
The key to playing this hand right is the read on the villain and there is none given. We should be open to both lines though and I still say there is no is no standard line
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