yea, well don't do that.

Now you know why. Try it. You make your money from bad players calling when they shouldn't - which happens non-stop. But when they raise you that means they hit something magic (either on that card or earlier and they were hiding behind your big bets). The magic part of half bet pots (even with draws, or Especiallywith draws) with hands like tptk, 2 pair and an overpair is that they prompt weaker hands to call and stronger hands to raise. If you bet less then you invite a bluff raise or speculative raise, if you bet the pot or more then monster hands can hide behind your bet.

The same is true of action in front. Just believe it and it'll work out for you. Disregard it and you might get away with it a few times, but when it catches you you will lose more that one time than youwon the other times you didn't follow the rule.

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