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Scenario: Hero holds J ♥ 7 ♥ on J ♠ 7 ♣ 2 ♣. Worse hands rarely call a large bet, but Villain's folding range has 12% equity. Hero's bet forces a fold 50% of the time. Is the bet justified by denial?

1. Yes, but only because Hero has 100% equity.
2. No, Hero should check to induce a bluff worth more than 1.44 bb.
3. No, because the Absolute Value of the hand is too high to waste on denial.
4. Yes, the denial value is approximately 1.44 bb.

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