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Message: [QUOTE="300HPGOD, post: 6164481, member: 305911"] I think depending on the villains in the blind and how often UTG is opening we can call or 3 bet here. 3 betting is probably better but Ill break from the crowd a bit and say as long as the blinds are tight and not aggressive then calling is not bad. On the flop as played we get a good flop where there are a lot of hands that we are beating but will still call a bet here. I see no reason to go small here. The bet size you made it gives villain a little over 4 to 1 pot odds which is their odds of hitting a flush draw on the next card. I think your bet here should be much larger as draws will still call, worse Axs will still call and who knows, maybe even worse calls. Bet in the neighborhood of at least 60 cents here but you can larger and still get called. On the turn as played it may be the worst card in the deck outside of the J of clubs (yes j of clubs gives us a gutter but that might not matter with flush out there plus AJ would be ahead now). With a 10 and 9 on the board it really only leaves AJ as the only worse Ace that would open UTG, call a 3x raise pre, call flop and then also call turn if we were to bet. I dont think A8 with no clubs or even 8 of clubs would play that way. This now leaves us in a spot where villain called one street with QQ or JJ, has AJ, or we are beat. I hate giving villain a free run at another club but checking back may be best. If we were to bet I like going small (about 1/3rd ish) for two reasons. One if we get raised Im out of there and we at least lose less. Secondly, if I had the flush I would not be bombing this pot as I would want villain to stick around and I would assume if I had the flush then they didnt. Therefore if we are to bet I like small bet that looks more like a bet of strength where I am trying to get villain to make a crying call. Also if villain does have a big hand and sees a small bet they may think they have to raise their strong hands here to juice the pot and then we at least avoid a tough river decision. On the river when they call twice and then bomb it, its a tough spot. Bluffs could play this way and would bet this way if it was a bluff but I think this is a strong hand here and we can safely fold. I do doubt A10 plays this way and I would think flushes may back off a little due to the board pairing but I think we are beat here. Its a fold where you will get bluffed sometimes but imo mostly you will be running into it with a call here. [/QUOTE]

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