I'm taking a calculated risk, and regardless of how it makes sense to raise, what do you do if you raise the flop and everybody folds? THAT is the wild card in the equation. How much is lost there?
You potentially lose a couple bets that one time. The amount of times that you get callers or raisers here more than make up for that. Plus, when it's a big pot, it's better to lose a couple bets than to lose an entire pot. In that link I posted when I raised EVERYONE folded except the lead bettor (and he folded on turn). Do I think I made the wrong play? No. In the long run that raise will be the better play.
The raise on the flop wouldn't knock out a regular flush draw. I'm only referring to raising on the flop to knock out weak draws like gutshots and backdoor draws. If a backdoor flush or straight completes on the river, you lose. You do not have outs to draw to 6th street obviously.Statistics: Posted by EscapePlan9 — Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:56 pm
]]>