Flop C/R Semibluff

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I think this is fine if done rarely.

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Exactly. More than that, You HAVE to do it (rarely), to stop villian trampling you.

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No you don't. Do you really think anyone in the world is going to be scared because OMG they CALLED ME with 65s. You don't scare people by calling their raises OOP. You scare them by being aggressive aka raising.

You are giving the guy position and a better hand throughout. I would love playing Phil Ivey if his strategy was to just cold call me OOP with weakish hands.

In a 50c - 1 game I think there is no room for this play and it's pretty much completely indefensible.



btw of course the flop play is fine.