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How Good Is 2-Pair?
I was fortunate enough to get two-pair about 6 times in the course of 2 hours last night. I'm not talking about K9 flopping 977 (pair and a board pair). I'm talking K9 flopping KJ9.
In almost every case I put in a 2/3 to pot-size bet and took it down right there, picking up a dollar or two each time. One time I got a caller to the river and won about $5. And one time I got re-raised big and folded (which I think was a bad play, see http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ic.php?t=11142.
Two pair is not strong enough to slow play (not much is) and can be counterfitted if the board pairs up. But KJ9 is a miracle flop for K9, right? Having this happen 6 times in a couple of hours felt like a real rush of cards, but only netted me $10?
So what are your thoughts on 2-Pair. How to play it, when to fold it, can you comfortably push with it. And how does your play differ when you have the top-two-pair or the bottom two?
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