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Message: [QUOTE="Pokerpoet2, post: 7004798, member: 430261"] Players often try to get more chips from an opponent by slow playing hands, When the fact remains most would be glad just to snatch away the SB and BB plus antes, that is the reason we Raise pre flop just to grab the blinds and finish the hand right there. Even with the best starting hand possible, A/A it's only good before the flop, by raising with a huge amount pre-flop you can get rid of players with J/4 and similar hands before the hand starts, and lets be honest with the hand as you posted, you would have beaten A/A with 2 pair. But as it played out my first thought would be, has he been playing 6/8 or 5/6 hitting the straight? on the Turn or River, Both are strong possibilities as some players like to play connectors and single gapped cards, so as to confuse the other players. I know in my own experience J/4 off suit would have gone straight into the trash before the flop had I been dealt them, because there is only 2 ways you could make a decent hand from them, either hitting trips or a Full house on the flop, and even then you could be beaten by another player playing a pocket pair higher than the Jack by hitting his card on the Turn or River. He had the chance of folding long before the Turn card had he wanted to, but with 4,J,7,3, on the Table he did have a chance to hit a 6 on the river giving him a straight and with his chip lead being so huge he could afford to lose, without being busted out of the game. Personally I would have folded J/4 and waited for a better spot to try and double up. [/QUOTE]

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