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He made a good read on this hand, but still screwed it up by just calling the turn bet instead of raising. The problem being that Howard can't beat a bluff, so he can't call a river bet even if he thinks Kaplan is bluffing. If Kaplan ever fires a third barrel Howard has to give up on the hand. If he thinks Kaplan is weak he needs to raise the turn, while he still has enough chips to bluff. This has the added bonus of denying Kaplan a free card if he has a weak pair/draw.

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I don't remember the stack/pot sizes, but I'm pretty sure that a reasonable turn raise would have required Howard to commit all his chips. If I recall, Gabe's turn bet was smallish, and I know Howard's "value" river was small. So Howard achieved his objective without risking many chips. How exactly is this wrong?