I'm not sure if I applied it exactly right, but I had a very similar hand this evening, and when I was raised on the turn, I actually thought about his advice. I also thought about the Baluga theorem (raises on the turn usually mean top pair/overpairs are beat) - there always seems to be conflicting information - in the end I figured the minraise was worth a call with TPTK.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em $0.05/$0.10 - 9 players
BB: $7.26
UTG: $11.33 (Hero)
UTG+1: $10.45
MP: $2.92
MP2: $15.75
HJ: $26.43
CO: $6.10
Button: $5.25
SB: $3.59
Preflop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with


Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.40, 5 folds
Flop: ($0.95)



Hero bets $0.40, MP2 calls $0.40
Less than half pot was actually a misclick, would usually go .55 here. That's ok
Turn: ($1.75)

Hero bets $1.10, MP2 raises to $2.20, Hero calls $1.10
The weak-tight alarm bells go off. Then I remember my friend's advice. Don't give up on this pot yet! You'll know more on the river.
River: ($6.15)

Hero checks, MP2 checks
Hero showed


MP2 showed


Hero won $5.74
(Rake: $0.41)
Aha, the minraise was "to see where he was at", and he found out with my call. Too bad he couldn't follow through with a big river bet - would have probably laid it down.
This was my biggest pot of a short evening. I played well but took a boat-over-boat beat to lose 60 BB. I was still up 170 on the day, though - a fine day.
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