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Raising the first
to bet at the fourth card is a dangerous business, and you want
to be sure of your grounds. If he has a useful hole card, he will
raise you back, for he knows he's got the better hand. But by this
time you should have some clue as to his hole card, and this may
confirm that you have the best hand at the moment. In this case
a raise is in order.
Example. "A" has ? 10 9 Q. You have J 6 J 10. After the
second card, i.e., at the first interval of betting, "A"
was high and he bet the size of the pot. Several players stayed.
After the third card you were high with your exposed Jack. You bet
the size of the pot and "A" raised. Everyone dropped out
except you.
This raise by "A" surely fixes him with a nine or a ten
in the hole. If his hand was Q 10 9 he would never have raised your
? 6 J, so he can't have a Queen in the hole. Your pair of Jacks
is worth another raise at the fourth card, being undoubtedly the
best hand at the moment.
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