[200NL] Extracting Value

[pr0crast]

I retract my previous advice to check because I now understand why betting is better. Checking would be more appropriate if you had a top pair type hand on a K high type board, rather than a set on a low board.

[early325]

bet the turn

[scallop]

I dont mind turn check btw, because your hand then looks exactly like AK/AQ/TT-JJ.

And you can extract value on the river from the majority of that range (AK/AQ) vs some of his range that beats bluffs.

That said if he had TT-QQ or some horribly played AA/KK then betting the turn is clearly better.

I just think when you 3-bet this pf (which I hate btw, but I understand it's fine) you are repping big pairs/AK-AQ.

Is villians range really going to be able to pay of 3 streets of value vs the big pairs? Would u bet 3 times with Air?

Thinking more about it, I think u need to bet the turn here because you could let him make a random str8 with his pp, but in saying that you will get paid on the river an awful lot if you:

3-bet pf
C-bet flop.
Check behind turn
"Bluff" River

if you can stand the varience of giving him a chance to catch up vs giving him the impression his hand is any good.

[orange]

also, if he's thinking, you can adjust your bet sizing to look more 'bluffy' if you will. most players will interpret a larger bet = bluff so it might get him to call a bit lighter if you bet larger. if he's not really thinking about any bet sizing, then 60 on the turn looks fine.