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[QUOTE="Hermus, post: 6181119, member: 346197"]
AK and AQ are drawing nearly dead and probably continue betting on the river. I don't feel like you're missing a lot of value against those hands. My thought process is/was actually the same as yours, where I bet/raise too often for protection because I'm scared of getting rivered. Betting/raising for protection is best when you're holding a decent but vulnerable hand (e.g. top pair vs likely flush draws, small pair scared of overcards etc). You dominate the hands you're trying to protect yourself against + those hands are in villains value-betting range + you're in position so it's not hard to get money in on later streets should villain check. To me, that adds up to just call the turn. That's my take on it at least, and jamming the turn is never a huge mistake maybe just slightly less optimal.

As for only 3-betting or folding from the BU. If you get called that range is certainly stronger than their open range. But we also expect to get folds a lot of the time. We also play a slightly tighter range to begin with because the bottom part of the cold calling range are just folds in that strategy. Both strategies are valid though and if you think you can profit more by having a calling range in the BU there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. It's just harder to remember :p.
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