Lascidel

I voted for raise turn/check river, but the more I think about it, the more I favor raise turn/bet river.Against hand likes 55, 44, K6, K8, busted draw, etc, hands we have beat, he probably isn't going to call the river bet, so in that sense there isn't much expected gain from betting (although it's possible he'll pay us off). However, with a hand like 99, TT, or JJ there's a chance he may lay it down. Considering there's 8 big bets in the pot when the river hits, we'd only need him to lay down the best hand 1 time in 9 for the river bet to be profitable, which I think is quite reasonable to e

This situation came up yesterday:UTG raises all-in 275, it folds around to me on the button. 400 is in the pot and it's 200 for me to call (nice round numbers). I look at 89suited and I'm getting 2:1 from the pot.UTG is slightly short stacked, but not badly. I'm maybe the big stack, but if so just barely. I have about 400 plus the blind so calling would be putting in about 1/2 my stack. 6 players are left.I play with UTG a lot and know him well. In this situation I can almost guarantee that he's playing either a small pair or a big ace. I'm not worried about JJ through AA. I'm almost certain h