[grandgnu]

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However, it's very easy for me to sit here and say I would check, when I know I'd possibly bet here as a blocking bet.

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Uh, just what would you be blocking? You could make a blocking bet (to prevent your opponent from making a bet you aren't comfortable calling) if you were out of position. But in this spot, there's nothing to block, your opponent has already checked to you.

The discussion now is whether or not we have the best hand. If we believe we do, we make a value bet that we think will be called. But Villian has played this hand so oddly that I'm not certain I have the best hand, and that's why I check (since I don't want to fold, and I can't really bet enough where I feel that I can give up the hand if he comes over the top)