A7 turn
I open the button with A7o and only the BB calls. This is his first hand. No reads.
JcTs3h...He checks, I bet, he calls
JcTs3h6d...He checks, Do I bet again?
Should I check the flop?
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This is a flop I check. If I bet, I check the turn.
Why?
Don’t we want to charge all the miss draw from the flop ?
Or it’s because you feel the pot is too small to bother to bet the turn ?
Why?
Don’t we want to charge all the miss draw from the flop ?
Or it’s because you feel the pot is too small to bother to bet the turn ?
If you’re playing against someone super predictable who will c/r flop with any pair, play passively with draws, and never bluff the river, then yeah, go ahead and bet the turn. But this hand is not much more than a bluff catcher and it seems better to check back, potentially induce some bluffs, and save yourself a bet when you’re behind. You also become very easy to play against if you blindly fire two barrels every time (particularly in a BTN v BB spot) and you should be checking back a bunch of hands here. It seems like A7 is a good hand to have in that mix.
turn check fully realizes your equity, probably the most important thing in LHE
turn b/f does not
Eh, I don’t know that we realize 100% of our equity if we check the turn. Are you really calling a Q/9 river? I’m not.
