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This is a great spot to go all-in with both hands.

This is a great spot to go all-in with both hands. With the set of tens you want your opponent to make a –EV call with his draw, and with the big draw you want him to fold all his made hands. The same line is +EV with both hands, so I tend to take the same line with monster hands, like the nuts, and semi-bluffs, such as straight draws with flush draws.

With deep stacks you might consider

With deep stacks you might consider taking a line with a bluff that you would only take when bluffing. Rethink this plan and consider giving it up. This is one spot where thinking ahead is very important. Suppose you raise to 3BBs with 7-6 from middle position and the button calls. You are both 50BBs deep. It comes J-5-4. You bet 4BBs and your opponent calls. The turn is an ace. You bet 10BBs, as you would with an ace, and your opponent calls. The river is a king. In this spot, you would never bet a king or jack and only occasionally an ace, because your opponent will have a hard time calling three streets with worse than an ace. Your hand has no showdown value, forcing you to either make a bluff that makes little sense or give up. I tend to give up in these spots in tournaments, although there is one other option. You can balance your range by betting here with both bluffs and hands that have an ace. You should obviously bet with very strong hands, such as sets, but you will show up with weak made hands and busted draws much more often than sets. As I said, I usually just give up in these situations.