| Posted by: ChuckTs at September 21, 2006, 1:53 am | | Topic: Pocket pairs Forum: Card Chat |
You'll rarely get 8:1 preflop, but I think 3:1 is enough to give some room should you actually hit your set. The money you make when you actually hit your set makes up for your bad pot odds, especially when your opponent is holding a big hand (say a bigger pocket pair, or top pair).
Say it's a 30 chip pot, and it's 10 to call for you. You're getting 3:1 odds; maybe not good enough all by itself to make up for the poor 8:1 odds of hitting your set, but good enough to call. All you'll need to make post-flop is 50 chips to make your preflop call correct. (odds and theory wizards correct me if I'm wrong here)
I don't generally like to call raises with small pairs, but if I have some good reads on my opponent, like say he is ery TAG, then his hand strength is easily identifiable, and I can maybe make a play on him if I don't hit my set. Having position on a raiser is also a must.
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