Originally Posted by Archide Big raise post flop here stop someone from hanging around
with overcards to hit, no?
Thats 2nl 🤶 to 10nl thinking. might be able to get away with
that logic at 25nl if you are strong in other 🤶 areas. But anyone who is getting calls
with better hands and folds from worse hands is generally a loser in 🤶 the small to mid
stakes levels and up.Just remember, we play to win money, not pots. If you know someone
🤶 is prone to float with overs, then your goal is to surmise whats the largest bet you
can making that 🤶 would make him call with bad odds. If hes floating with overs to 1/2
pot bets, he'll be a loser 🤶 in the long run. When you make big pot bets with 9's then
you are almost guiding him to play 🤶 perfectly against you in that you'll only getting
called from better hands and missing out on all the half pot 🤶 calls you'd get from
really bad floaters. And in this case, seeing as how you weren't the preflop raiser,
there 🤶 is a good enough chance that someone will actually have better.Your approach to
the hand seemed to have been simple, 🤶 i'll call and if my 9's look good after the flop,
i will try to take it down. Common logic 🤶 with bad players, and when i see someone play
in this manner I usually take a note that he may 🤶 be fishy.What your process should have
been PF was is are my 9's the best, if it is do I 🤶 want to raise and hope to get a call
by a smaller pocket or overs. Or should i try to 🤶 get value post flop. Since you elected
to call, then your train of thought should be okay the flop is 🤶 small, how do I get
value. and shoving is definitely not any way of getting value by smaller hands.Don't be
🤶 afraid to fold 9's to a short stack if you think they are tight enough to have a bigger
hand 🤶 because you don't have the set odds.
