OPENING

Open; the chance of a higher pair is Pass, unless dealer or next to dealer;reduced by the A-K holding. someone else should open.

fear he too has filled (a full house) and can raise back.

A hand with a low three of a kind that has been raised before the draw and has not raised back (and usually, low threes should not raise back) will do best to draw two cards, look at his draw, and bet. This is especially true if the raiser drew one card. The raiser may call on two high pairs, and he may figure the opener to have drawn to a pair and an ace kicker.

Three of a kind from jacks to aces are worth a reraise before the draw. Having reraised, the hand almost must draw two cards, for maximum chance of improvement. However, the action here is affected by position and the draw. If you are last to draw and speak with high threes, and if you are up against two two-card draws or one two-card and one one-card draw, you might do worse than to draw one card and check on the grounds that you might as readily have raised back with aces up. You might then get a bet against you on any threes. If, having raised, you draw two cards and check, no one is going to bet into you (unless he can beat you); if you bet, low threes probably will not call.

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