Re: Is this the right way to play, or should I have just called the fl
Why does everyone hate check/calling so much? I'm beginning to think a lot of the advice on this board is too aggro. You're almost certainly not calling another PSB on the turn and river unimproved, so saying that "a check-raise lets you know where you are cheaper" is simply wrong. Since villain is solid you can fold to a double barrel on the turn for much less. Even if you do call a full PSB on the turn you've paid exactly the same amount as you have with your check-raise, except now you're on the river without having bloated the pot with a marginal hand OoP and can reevaluate the river.
Basically, the check-raise is really bad. A flop check-raise allows villain to play perfectly except when he holds 88, or maybe A8 and A7. Furthermore, you have to fold to the flop 4-bet (his range crushes yours), which he can (and should) do with a lot of hands. The only reason to do so is to define your hand and prevent you from making a larger mistake later in the hand, but against a straightforward player you're not going to make any mistakes that makes it worth doing.
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