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This is the kind of post I was looking for. But against typical players, don't you feel that the turn check induces a bluff from busted straight draw type hands and you should consider paying off river? Does that then make you want to change your strategy on the previous streets?

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Against the typical player, If I 3bet the flop and check the turn, it is almost always with the intention of calling the river assuming the turn and the river are relatively blank cards. So yes I am paying off the river very often If I take this line against the typical player. If im against an unknown/typical, more often than not I am taking the call flop, call turn re-evaluate river sequence. Basically the same idea as this statement:

Cartman's words: "In my opinion the best line is to use your gutshot as an escort to the river and then make your decision of whether to call or fold based on your assessment of his likelihood to both have a busted draw and fire three barrels with it given the turn and river cards."

For example: If we call the flop checkraise, and the turn is a Queen, and the villain bets again, and we call again, and the river is a Jack, notice that these are essentially two blank cards. What this means is all straight draws missed. If we assume the villain has a range close to mine, we are still roughly only a 3-1 underdog to have the best hand on the river. However, once the villain bets the river, naturally our underdog status changes for the worse, but my point is we should still be more inclined to call the river when the turn and river blanks off like this.