Protecting our made hand

Just wondering how you protect a made hand from people drawing Straights/flushes on you in the lower limits when they have no idea if they are getting the right price to chase or pot odds.

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As long as you bet enough so they don't have the right odds to call, it's a -EV play for them every time they try to chase.

I think that if you're just HU and you bet more than half pot then they'll mostly have incorrect odds to call if they're on a draw. In more than a 3-way or more pot it will depend - if the 1st villain calls then the 2nd villain may then have the correct odds so you'll need to make it bigger. However this doesn't stop them making incorrect calls and sucking out on you. Just that over the long run you'll know they'll be losing (even if you don't see it).

Jackle43 said:

Just wondering how you protect a made hand from people drawing Straights/flushes on you in the lower limits when they have no idea if they are getting the right price to chase or pot odds.

Would love feedback?

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the fact that you protect your hand does not mean that they would never draw out. the whole idea of the game is to make them pay for the chance to draw out. any time they pay more than they should have (include implied odds when you pay them off) - you have made money. your actual results may vary, but only the principle matters.

benevg said:

the fact that you protect your hand does not mean that they would never draw out. the whole idea of the game is to make them pay for the chance to draw out. any time they pay more than they should have (include implied odds when you pay them off) - you have made money. your actual results may vary, but only the principle matters.

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^^Yeah, this. Why are you worried that they'll pay too much chasing their draws? You WANT them to over-pay chasing draws.

benevg said:

the fact that you protect your hand does not mean that they would never draw out. the whole idea of the game is to make them pay for the chance to draw out. any time they pay more than they should have (include implied odds when you pay them off) - you have made money. your actual results may vary, but only the principle matters.

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+1