[hotmark777]

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checking turn is terrible, by pushing turn noway AA or KK gets away.

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You are forgetting one key factor. My plan was to check knowing that the small stack who was playing quite loose would push and thus force the initial raiser to call. That is exactly what happened. By me pushing turn or betting big on turn, i definitely lose the short stack (who ended up having 53 os) and MAYBE lose the high pocket pair. Anyhow by checking turn i was guaranteed 4k, and mind u if the short stack decided to check also, the high pocket pair isnt going to let anyone hit their set and might bet out even more than 2k into a 5k pot. So now do you still then turn check is terrible?