400: What a Sweet Ending

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I wouldn't check behind here because IMHO the value of betting the flop is greater than the deception it adds for later streets and to camouflage the fact that you sometimes check behind with AK. This flop is just to good for you, he could raise you here with a lot of pocket pairs or even air (you could also say I would bet here because of the fact I will C-bet a lot of hands here which would be air which villain knows of course). Besides any ace will slow down the action and villain is unlikely to give you a raise on the turn if you bet there. If the flop was like Q95r, I think a check behind would be better, because he won't raise you as often with pocketpairs.

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On a Q94r flop he has relatively more out than on our flop. Also, deception isn't the only reason for checking.