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In your six-max game online Player 2, a regular, raises to $8. You call on the button and a fishy player calls in the big blind. The flop comes K58. The fish checks and the raiser checks. You bet $10. The fish folds and the regular calls. The turn comes 7 and the regular checks. You bet $30 and he once again calls. The river comes 2. He checks.
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