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PokerChobo,

In this situation, check/raising is certainly not a horrible play. The tough thing about check/raising here is what to do when villain calls. Now, against a tight/predictable player, we know exactly where we stand if the c/r gets called or reraised, so it is okay to check/fold the turn unimproved. But the problem I run into is against loose players. When I check/raise and get called, a loose player could have a draw, a monster, overcards, or a pair. You'd be amazed how often a player will take a card off with something like a whiffed AK after you put in a big flop check/raise. So against this hand range, it is correct to bet again on the turn. But by this time, the pot is much bigger, and it can become expensive to get him off his hand, or find out whether your hand is good. The general principle is that you don't want to build big pots out of position with marginal hands.