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i dislike the idea of giving free cards 'to build the pot'. the way to build a pot is to put money in the center yourself. ESPecially with small sets. either someone has top pr or they dont. if you get too cute, youll either win a small pot, give away betting patterns or allow drawouts.
same for flopped flushes. the reason i love to jam in these cases, is that if a fourth suited card falls off, your action will dry up faster than... well, fast. be afraid that a scare card will fall off and chase your action. plus, betting out will disguise your hand. if they have nothing, they have nothing. whatever. take the small pot.
same idea for slowplaying aces or kings preflop. there is so much potenial when there are five cards to come, and a lot less once the flop is out. what i mean is, if you flat call a raise from AK with AA, and the board comes QQ8 or 567suited, youve lost an opportunity to stick it to the hand that is now almost worthless.
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