by FreeCard
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Maybe I wasn’t supposed to evaluate those IDK, but here’s one for you:
Players that chase straights and flushes,
arrive in planes and leave on buses.
Yes, I wanted the interpretations.
As to flushes to buses, I both agree and disagree.
I try not to call for SD and FD unless it's super cheap. Also, unless we're HU, I want it to be a near NFD. You miss way more than you catch, so it's not wise to get too deep into your stack calling unless the pot odds are heavily in my favor.
So I don't want to call often, but that leaves 2 options, fold or bet/raise. I'm still trying to break old habits where I defaulted to fold if I didn't want to call.
Raising is often the more favorable option. The pot is bloating so the guy sitting on TPGK has to have a perfect read on me to call my raise. I find my FE is huge with bullets fired on flop and turn. It's become a big winner for me.
And occasionally you get called down and make that flush. Wooo woooo, pay day. Against most rec players, it looks like the outcome I feared just hit. They might raise or at least call another bet.
I'm doing the same thing when I flop 2nd pair. If V is leading out with a CB that I think gave him TP, he often will fold to my raise and if he doesn't, I've still got my trip and 2P draws.
Of course some super sticky Vs are bad candidates for this strategy.