How valuable are implied odds in stud?

[PokrLikeItsProse]

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Getting back to the original hand as posted, I think there is some merit to Phil Ivey calling the raise if there are cards he can catch to take down the pot with the worst hand without a showdown. I can't prove that, but it's a hypothesis that I have.

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Okay, what worse hand would that be? What hand would split tens fold to here? All I can think of is an open three-flush with big cards or three to Broadway with a Ten, and in either case the betting would need to sell it, so it would be an expensive play. It's also in the realm of catching perfect, so I'd consider even that possibility a long shot.

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I don't know what cards those could be or if they even exist. I'm just putting forward the idea that those cards probably have to exist to justify calling the raise. Is the ten guaranteed to go to the river here so long as he can beat Phil Ivey's board?

[Andy B]

I'm thinking he was referring to the $1k/2k game on FT.

[Micturition Man]

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I'm thinking he was referring to the $1k/2k game on FT.

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Do I start some epic threads or what?