two hands from today's $1500 NLH at WSOP

[dmk]

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Surely, if you believe you have the best hand, check/pushing is far superior to open-pushing. Also, you are overestimating what type of hands will be calling an open-push. IMO, a typical player is definitely folding a T here.

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Check-pushing assumes someone is likely to bet. You say a typical player will fold a T, but will also bet it. I think that is completely contradictory. I can't imagine a situation where I would fold this hand on the flop, and extracting value isn't really a concern - hand protection is.

-SmileyEH

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How can you say that someone betting a T contradicts the fact that the same person would fold a T if bet into? It makes perfect sense.

Also, if you're open-pushing here, you only get called against a super-draw at best. There is not a single hand that is better than you that will fold and no hands that are worse than yours that will call. Induce a bluff if you're that tied to the hand.

I'm not saying that you should just blindly check/push. I'm saying its way preferable to open-pushing. I'm all for checking/evaluating.

edit: Also, you're so sure you're ahead, but you say hand-protection is essential. What exactly are you afraid of on the turn?