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How can you get owned you may ask? Well paying two big bets from the turn on against a very aggressive player and not seeing a showdown with a hand that has some showdown value is getting owned cuz there is definitely some value here in showing this hand down. Instead of paying 2BB's on the turn and folding the river, check/call the turn and river unimproved and you'll pay the same price but always win when you actually do have the best hand.

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Why is folding the river assumed? If you b/c the turn c/c the river, you always win when you have the best hand too. Then you get the benefits of betting without the disadvantages of folding. Yeah it costs you more when he has a better hand but you have to weigh that against the benefits of betting such as increased IO, hand protection, and value from worse hands that will put one or zero BB if you check to them but one, two, or three if you b/c-c/c. This is not as clear as you think. c/c-c/c has it's place, but it can get you owned just as much as weak betting. Not all LAGs auto bet when checked to and a lot more don't do it twice. That's lost value that a more loose/agressive strategy picks up.