Any way to conceal strenght of hand?

[AML525]

i would call the flop, raise turn. you might scare them off with a raise after the flop

[Bulletproof Monk]

semi-hollywood call the flop

[Michaelson]

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People are way more likely to put in a lot of money on the flop with a flush draw or straight draw than on the turn.

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It is correct of course that you want to extract value from draws, but a raise in this spot into two players really can't be interpretted as anything other real strength if villains are thinking at all. Also, it looks likely that the opener is strong enough to come along in this hand unless he's given a reason not to. A small raise on the flop might suck one of them in but let them get away on the turn. A smooth call, on the other hand, closes the pot at $38 which is plenty big to get the rest of the money in, and also lets you rep a drawing hand. If checked to on the turn a half pot bet won't scare off draws and could well suck in AA or AK, and if bet into you can make a decision based on the action whether to shove or call and shove river.

All that said, I think it's pretty close. I suspect the softly softly approach is probably higher ev in this instance, however, particularly in position.

[McBeef]

sigh loudly and exclaim how poker is rigged

now put in a big raise

[wrschultz]

Yeah I was going to say raise, but [censored] it, you should slowplay. Preflop is expert also. 3betting preflop is usually going to be a big mistake.