JsTs ... ClubGG "Midday Madness"

Raise first in.

BB's stack would definitely help here, I guess we have to assume they're covering?

I mean, I don't love it, but I don't see how you can fold yet especially with a BDFD.

I don't know if you should be flat calling 3!s this shallow, although this is a good hand to flat with.

As played, maybe gii, as there is so much in the flop you are getting fairly good pot odds. You are like 22% against AA and 78% against AK, so with pot odds I would go for it.

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We flopped top pair with a backdoor flush draw in a 3bet pot, I'm not folding this ever. Just call the flop bet and re-evaluate turn. If he barrels big on a bad turn card you can let it go but on this flop texture your hand is too strong to fold and too marginal to raise.

The board is T and two basically blank cards. From my painful experience, the minimum he’s doing it with is like QT, KT. If the board was like T 9 and one blank, then he could have let’s say A9 or a straight draw. I used to raise/jam flop in spots like this, now I only call with caution and possibly fold later if it’s about to go va banque

@Mr Rick and @nath yes they cover

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@RedHot they don't do hh in BB. Good practice for when you play live.

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I never play live but its true I would likely struggle working out the blinds on the fly if I did.

The point about QT/KT minimum makes sense on a static board like this, but that's also why I like calling over raising. His range has a lot of Tx in it so we don't have great equity against his value, but he's also going to have to bluff or give up a lot of turns. Calling keeps his whole range in and lets the board do the work.