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Message: [QUOTE="ph_il, post: 1002001, member: 508"] He raised preflop.When facing a raising opponent, its better to get your money in when you have a very strong hand. Any other club except the 4c/8c and a lot of other cards kills your action on the turn. If the turn is a blank and you bet out, you're giving your opponent a chance to fold. True, if he had just flat called the flop, he might be able to fold the turn but its more likely he'll get a card that'll kill action than not (if opponent had not flopped the straight).This. Most of the time opponents in this situation are on the nut-draw. If opponent had flopped nut straight-flush, would he play it as fast?Raise to get money in the pot. If opponent is on the draw, you want to extract as much money from them as possible, right? There is a saying: The less you bet, the more you lose when you have the best hand. This is a situation, given the strong-drawy flop, where you want to get as much money in here. [/QUOTE]