by Aisthesis » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:17 pm
Hmmmm... The raiser isn't the one you're battling with here, though. Admittedly, there's only one player left to act behind.
But, at least for me, I'd still prefer to take the free card and would almost prefer to bet with LESS of a hand (like AA with no draw at all), that I could just let go if LP raises or the raiser comes out and check-raises. With your hand, I definitely want to see a turn, so I don't see why it needs to be so expensive to do so.
Quite aside from the hand you're actually up against, I'd rather pot it and take down a $30 pot when I'm ahead than get a full stack in when I'm behind, even if I'm not all that far behind.