A spot where I think I started to leak

[Brian462]

Ok, so here is the scenario.

$1/2 NL 6max (main villain is 70%,3%,1.14)

2 limpers, and im on the button with 33 , I limp because there are freakshow shorties already in the pot.

Flop comes 6d 3h 9d ($10)

check, check, villain ($79) bets $2, i raise him up to 13. The rest fold and he calls.

Turn brings 7s ($32)

Now, this is where I feel I may leak, villain has 68 dollars left, so im committed if I make any real bet.

Whats your play and why?

In the specific example I checked behind, but after further thought I feel that betting is far more correct.

I feel this is a simple spot, but I think that somewhere along the way I started to play weak here.

Whats your play?

[pethie]

I raise a bit more on the flop. I make it 16.

I bet the pot. Charge him for his draw or let him pay you off with A9. Sure T8 and 54 got there, but the board pairs on the river.

Checking turn is really bad.

[Kilillan]

uh bet.

of course you're committed if you bet, you want to be committed

[Brian462]

Ok, thanks for the replies, I appreciate it, case closed.

I think I got on a bad roll in those spots a ways back and it [censored] with my head. So [censored] illogical.

[WiltOnTilt]

When trying to milk a short stack, I usually try to size my bets so that he's getting roughly 3 or 4 to 1 on a river call.

In this case, if you bet like $24, that means on the river the pot will be $80, so when you put him in for his last $44, he'll have to call $44 to win $124, roughly 3:1.

KoW

[DJ Sensei]

This is an obvious bet, as Kil said you want to be committed here with a strong hand like 33.

Against shortstacks who may well be drawing, you need to strike a balance between:
a) denying them proper odds to draw (if they are drawing)
b) maximizing the chance of getting their stack in there (if they have some sort of pair/2-pair hand)

In this case, KC's bet of $24 is pretty ideal.