Originally Posted by aokrongly

I guess that's not clear. They go together in that you WILL be on the flop If you have a nut hand, but you don't want to bet it LIKE a nut hand until the turn. So, on the flop I'll throw out a 1/2 pot sized bet, but on the river I'll play it like a nut hand (which is wide open depending on your take on the situation). I may check/raise. I may bet 2x pot. I may push. I may min raise. Whatever it takes to stretch out the betting and/or get as much money in the pot as possible. But I can see they appear to conflict.