WSOP ME hand #3 - My cards are basically face up on "scary" board

[jason75]

I hate check/calling the flop and then checking the turn. As everyone previously stated, it turns our hand face up to villian (if he's any good).

We check/called the flop, so there's our bet against hands we beat. Now in order to stave off a big bet on the river like this, I think we want to make a blocking bet on the turn. If villian calls our small blocking bet and bets the river, we can fold confidently. Some % of the time, villian will call with hands we beat and then will check down the river with us. But villian will then usually only bet with hands that beat us on the river.

So overall, we get info and lose less $$ to hands that beat us.

As played, I fold the river. We have middle pair with a ton of chips compared to the blinds, and 1500 is a significant portion of our stack to bleed off here not knowing where we are. I'm pretty sure villian called with some kind of AXs. If villian bluffs us out here, well, bully for him.

[Jeff76]

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How come any time anyone starts a thread where he's WA/WB, people say "bet so that he folds the hands you beat"?

[/ QUOTE ]Because if he is holding a hand like 88, by checking you are allowing him the option to take a free card and make money if he hits and lose no money if he doesn't. On top of that, a check/call means you know no idea where you stand in the hand. If you bet out you get a lot more information than by check calling, which will allow you to lose less chips overall if you are behind in the hand. True you won't get any more chips if you're ahead, but how are you going to get more chips if you're ahead anyway unless villan makes a really lame bluff?