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$30-$60 Hold 'Em. A new player posts in the cutoff, and raises his option when it gets to him. The button and small blind pass, and you call in the big blind with J3o. The flop comes 963 rainbow. You check and the cutoff bets. What now? •
Fold Matt's answer We didn't call with this hand preflop to check-and-fold when we flopped a pair on a relatively safe board. It's time to check-raise. For now, we play assuming we've got the best hand, and that means we don't want to give any free cards. A check-raise may pick up the pot right here. At the very least, it gives us a chance to pick up the pot on the turn. If we get reraised we'll have to re-evaluate. But in my opinion, check-calling here leaves us too vulnerable to getting bluffed out of the hand later. I don't want to show weakness here—and since I play my big hands the same way, my opponent has to be worried he's in real trouble. I believe the correct play, once you call preflop, is to check-raise on this flop. |
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