Hypothetical question

[IowaSkinsFan]

You have 23o, the flop came 775, the turn came another 5, and the river gave a 4. The board reads 77554, and the pot is $4. You and one other player is in the hand. he bets 10 cents. For profit reasons only, should you call for future reads?

[Miffed22001]

more info!
was it checked down or was there action.
In both cases id like to see for 10 cents yes

[outphase]

it was probably checked down as 23o wouldn't make it that far. Call it, you only have to be ahead here 2% of the time to be profitable j/k, but at 40:1, i'd pay to see it

[Laeelin]

Good question!

Only if they are bad players.

A bad player might be slowplaying or someothing and you want to know if they slowplay that much.... A good player wouldnt be slowplaying, and so the information isnt worth the cost IMO (thats for online.. B&M, i'd pay for sure)

[lowBoy]

What I want to know is how you've spent 20BB on 23o.

[IowaSkinsFan]

the hand has been played in a way in which by knowing his cards you gain information. the 23o is just to show there is actually no way you are winning.

[Lukie]

What I want to know is how you've spent 20BB on 23o.

What I want to know is how you know that he spent 20BB on 23o.

[lowBoy]

There's no way you'd take 23o to the river with 40BB in the pot and one other person left unless UTG raised 4xBB PF, everyone called, and 8 other people folded instead of checking.

[Lukie]

He could have put 200BB on the pot for all we know...

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[BankItDrew]

I'll go with what Ripptyde said.

As to everyone else that is critiqing his hypothetical situation - shut up, it's a hypotheitcal situation.

[ensign_lee]

How the hell did the pot get to $4 with checks on every street? Who raised? And why did I call with 23o? :P

That being said, at $.10 into a $4 pot, I call to see what the hell he has and make sure that everyone sees I called with 23o.

[lowBoy]

He could have put 200BB on the pot for all we know...

Fair enough... I assumed that the .10 bet was a minbet. Since this is hypothetical, I'm going to run with that for now.

As to the actual question, I think it could be +EV but it depends on mitigating circumstances - would you be getting a handle on a move he uses a lot on this kind of board? If you could get a better read on him that nets you >= 1BB, then I think it's worth it. Your opp would also be getting a better read on you, on the flip side.

Paying for info is even more sketchy online though, as you never know when someone's going to up and leave.