Re: 100NL Set on dry board - Bet sizing
I like waiting to raise on the turn occasionally, especially on such a dry board. If you always raise the flop with big hands, you will encourage your opponent to play much better when you just call with your medium-strength hands.
To balance, you should be raising this turn with 97, 76, and even JhTh occasionally(provided you just call on the flop with these hands). This way, if he does have a hand like AQ, you put him in a tough spot when you raise. You could have made the straight(J9) or 2pair(QT), or you could have just called behind with a set or top two. If he decides to raise, he gets called and crushed by your made hands while folding out your draws(not as bad of a result as many ppl think). If he decides to call, and he knows you are capable of having one of the semi-bluff hands I mentioned, he will see alot of ugly rivers for his hand... not to mention he could be crushed already.
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