Play a Hand With the Masters #3 Flop

[Rduke55]

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Pre-Flop and Flop Questions

1) A lot of people talk about playing tight early and don't try to steal blinds when they are this small. What do you think about blind stealing at this level? Would you do it and if so under what conditions?

2) What's your decision on the flop? Do you check or bet (and if so, how much)?

3) What's your plan on the turn (if any) based on your decision on the flop, the villain's action, and what card comes?

4) Any other thoughts at this point?

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I like the raise. As MLG said, we're not neccessarily stealing here. I think that people that don't start raising in the early levels for the reason of "not worth stealing" are making a huge mistake. Besides the metagame considerations (ooh, first time I used that phrase) you can build decent pots against presumably weaker players that haven't had a chance to get busted yet.

I bet 1/2-2/3 pot on the flop because I'd often c-bet even if I whiffed. A free card here is terrible. He's coming along with any decent draw and top pair/overpair.

On the turn my action on any heart, str8 card, or 9 depends on his bet. If he called my flop bet I'm more woriied baout a 9 than a heart so I may bet out a heart to get a cheap showdown if it's not too scary.

Thoughts are that right now I'm willing to play a big pot. If the turn isn't too scary I may try and take it down there.