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[QUOTE="Shumkoolie, post: 5915502, member: 64267"]
I don't love limping pre most of the time either, though with small pocket pairs, it's perfectly fine to do it as you're deep enough to go set mining here.

On the flop though, I totally agree with fundiver.  I really don't like the check behind.  With two over cards on board, there ARE some potential draws (straight/backdoor flush) and given the action pre-flop, you WANT to start building a pot as soon as possible and try and get three streets of value.  Given you're in a large pool, you likely know very little about your opponents, what they are capable of and how they will react.  The best case scenario is, you get three streets of value and maximize your profit, the worst case, everybody folds.  At least you'd be giving yourself a chance.

I also agree with the turn lead, as played, but I think that's a bi-product of your being passive on the flop.  NOW you're ramping up the aggression?  You're telegraphing the strength of your hand (limp-call raise pre, check-call flop, THEN donk bet on turn).

As fundiver said, you want to win a big pot, and you can't bypass opportunities to put chips into the pot.  You should dictate the play and commit the chips rather than depending on people doing that for you.  NOW, there are instances where setting a trap DOES work, though that is opponent specific, and there you can depend on someone to build the pot for you.  It's up to you to figure out when playing passive works and when playing aggressive works, and that comes with playing more hands.
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