Re: protecting my hand
Because when the pot is large, someone with a gutshot will have the 1:10 odds he needs to make a call with one bet. If there is a bet, he calls and there is another bet he still has not made a mistake because each time he has been offered 1:10 on his gutshot draw.
By check raising you made it two bets, greatly decreasing his odds thus almost always making it incorrect for him to call.
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