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Except for a vague reference by El Diablo, not one poster quibbled with the pot size turn bet. In spite of the fact that any basic analysis would say that in most cases the bet should be either signifcantly smaller or an outright check.

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David, while checking back on the turn is certainly a viable option, making a "significantly smaller" bet is not in my opinion. Varying bet sizes to be able to fold if raised against players of Diablo's caliber is a recipe for disaster. Jason's play may have left him with quite a quandary on the river, but betting small would really be a very weak play in my opinion.

Jason, since your river decision becomes so difficult here (I really don't know Diablo's game well enough to recommend a river call/fold decision), I think checking back on the turn would have been better.