Yup.... if you think about it, you're going to have better pot odds on your call the second time around than you did on the first time around.
One obvious (?) exception to this would be if you decided to limp in with a hand and it was then raised AND reraised behind you - now you need a pretty solid hand to continue, especially considering it's likely going to be capped and you're going to have to call another bet.
There is also another exception you might not have thought of, but it's a cool one. Think about this scenario: Two guys limp in front of you. You look down at JTs and decide to make the call as well. The player immediately behind you raises, there are two more callers and both the blinds come in as well. The original two limpers call, and now the action is on you. What do you do?
With SEVEN other people in the pot (extreme example), I believe the right play here is to REraise with your obvious drawing hand. No one is going to fold, and you'll be getting 8 more total bets in the pot for the price of your ONE bet.
Now, two things happen after the flop:
1. If you do happen to flop a monster (full house, nut straight - and there are a LOT of ways to make a nut straight with JT), great. There is a huge pot, and no one is going to go anywhere until at least the turn, so you're likely to scoop a huge pot.
2. If you flop a good draw, or even a not so good draw, you will have PLENTY of pots odds to chase. Say the flop comes down AQ2 rainbow with 1 spade, for example. That's right, all you have is a gutshot (4 outs) and a backdoor flush draw (call it 1.5 outs) for a total of 5-6 outs. But with 24 bets in the pot PREFLOP, you'll have plenty of odds to chase that King or those running spades. Even if one of the EP players bets AND it gets raised in front of you, the pot will still be laying you at least 14:1, so you can easily make the call.
Kind of a cool situation, isn't it?
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