HammerDad;289465 wroteIMO flatting preflop is the WORST possible choice. Fold>raise>call.
Not that V needs a supporting vote but I felt like j9s is to good to 3bet here and that T8s would be a better choice (but i wouldn't be surprised if we could flat it too).
Theres a few reason's but one of them is surely we don't want to get 4 bet bluffed off a hand we would like to play post flop vs. a villain we think we have an idea how to exploit.
HammerDad;289465 wrote. While we can't play too passively, getting involved with marginal holdings OOP vs the big stack is going to be a -EV situation the vast majority of the time.
If villain is quite laggy we can pick a hand with decent equity and check call all the way, not completely blind....but even with a marginal hand we can pick up a lot of chips from villains air range which is the largest part of his holdings.
HammerDad;289465 wrote
Are we actually play j9 suited for top pair value? Personally, I don't. Having TPMK is only going to get you value-towned in most instances, especially when TP is a 9.
yes i think so...as long as is makes some sense that we are ahead its exactly what we do vs a lag player. if he doesn't slow down he will leak all his chips to you on your marginal hands vs. his air.
this reminded me about some of our threads lately where people are lead into lag players and sometimes check raise them with draws. to me the kryptonite to lag play is fundamentally to check call. When you bet into a lag player he'll fold his air and call with everything that beats you. No????