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Im playing at one of the major casinos on the strip and this hand comes up.....i've already put my chips in 2 racks and kinda made it my last hand....we are playing 2-5nl i have about 1k in front of me...i get dealt 88 and UTG raises to 40 and there is one caller then i call and the button calls...4 see the flop...flop comes 10 8 6 rainbow.......the original bettor bets out 60(he likes to string bet and i played with him before) the next guy raises to 120...so there is 340 or so in the pot.....this is where im thinking maybe to just smooth call...but i thinking..i have the button to worry about and the original bettor to act after me...im not worried about the straight..maybe A9 suited or some bullshiite....so i raise it up to 300 to go.....the button folds,original bettor folds and the raiser thinks for a few then folds....i take it down...so should i have just smoothed called and tried to get more money? i was happy taking it down right there, there was enough in the pot in my mind...

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Im playing at one of the major casinos on the strip and this hand comes up.....i've already put my chips in 2 racks and kinda made it my last hand....we are playing 2-5nl i have about 1k in front of me...i get dealt 88 and UTG raises to 40 and there is one caller then i call and the button calls...4 see the flop...flop comes 10 8 6 rainbow.......the original bettor bets out 60(he likes to string bet and i played with him before) the next guy raises to 120...so there is 340 or so in the pot.....this is where im thinking maybe to just smooth call...but i thinking..i have the button to worry about and the original bettor to act after me...im not worried about the straight..maybe A9 suited or some bullshiite....so i raise it up to 300 to go.....the button folds,original bettor folds and the raiser thinks for a few then folds....i take it down...so should i have just smoothed called and tried to get more money? i was happy taking it down right there, there was enough in the pot in my mind...
if a jack comes and someone pushed all in can you fold?if not you are better raising it up, if they have AT they might just come over the top.
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Play good, greed bad. Board could get very scary on the turn (J comes, another 10, etc) and with more than 1 player in the hand, you want to take it down there. Show them your set, wish them luck and show them a picture of the jewelry that they're buying your wife.

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Play good, greed bad. Board could get very scary on the turn (J comes, another 10, etc) and with more than 1 player in the hand, you want to take it down there. Show them your set, wish them luck and show them a picture of the jewelry that they're buying your wife.
I'm loving it if another 10 comes. that just filled me up
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Im playing at one of the major casinos on the strip and this hand comes up.....i've already put my chips in 2 racks and kinda made it my last hand....we are playing 2-5nl i have about 1k in front of me...i get dealt 88 and UTG raises to 40 and there is one caller then i call and the button calls...4 see the flop...flop comes 10 8 6 rainbow.......the original bettor bets out 60(he likes to string bet and i played with him before) the next guy raises to 120...so there is 340 or so in the pot.....this is where im thinking maybe to just smooth call...but i thinking..i have the button to worry about and the original bettor to act after me...im not worried about the straight..maybe A9 suited or some bullshiite....so i raise it up to 300 to go.....the button folds,original bettor folds and the raiser thinks for a few then folds....i take it down...so should i have just smoothed called and tried to get more money? i was happy taking it down right there, there was enough in the pot in my mind...
Too many players to smooth call. You call here would give odds to all sorts of suck out hands to call. If it were heads-up I'd consider it. I think you played it well.
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