I fold trips on the river

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You can't fold on the river. Remember a bad call only costs one bet while a bad fold costs you an entire pot.


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this is such terrible advice. maybe not for this hand, but in general.

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Actually it's great advice offered by both Stoxtrader and Sklanksy, there is a simple mathematical approach to this concept though and it's determining what perecent of the time you are certainly beaten over the odds the pot is offereing. In this case you'd have to be close to 92% sure you are beat given the size of the pot to lay this down for one bet, which I don't think you can be. It certainly looks like you are beat here but you only have to win this situation less than one time in 10 to come out ahead.

I know you said that this advice isnt terrible for this hand, but only in general. I agree it's better to save bets when you know you are beat but donating one bet when losing is a much much less costly error than folding the best hand for a medium or large pot.