I just hate raising less than pot here ais. You're basically saying "let's give him a cheaper shot at drawing now in order to potentially make a slightly better play on a later street which may or may not occur as you have foreseen it".
The turn might make a draw, your opponent may fold a full pot bet but take a shot when you give him odds by betting less (I know I would!). As well as giving your opponent opportunity to make an error on the turn by calling pot, you dig a similar grave for yourself if the board shows a draw that your opponent has hit - you might even have let him see it on a hand that he'd have folded otherwise! There is a reason the best players in the world bet/raise pot here with top set - because it's the best play.
Occasional mini bets with the nut set can be a good play, but more for disguise than anyhing else. Don't try to make pseudo-mathematical pot-manipulations with top-heavy hands because (as my slightly lame pet name for them suggests) they play best on the top streets.Statistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Sun May 28, 2006 5:07 pm
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