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Three-Street River Plan: Clear Retreat Conditions Across Streets
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Short Answer
The edge in three-street spots is planning failure points, not one-off perfect actions. Define what hurts your hand across streets before deciding sizing.
Three-street framework
Start with a flop line and define continuation boundaries. Then map turn branches: which turn cards keep value, which force shift. River should end with explicit default rules for value, bluff-catch, and folding.
Fallback rules
For a node, define “can continue” conditions first, then map size. Some turns should only be used to reevaluate. Some river textures should default to small controls or folds.
Execution
- Write 2-3 turn branches for each common flop family.
- Define 1-2 failure triggers per branch.
- Set a default river rule to avoid live overthinking.
- Replay in trainer by branch and record deviation causes.