Originally Posted by Phyl

I think the flop check coupled with the turn raise is a stronger indication that you have a strong hand than just betting the flop. The continuation bet is so standard that the BB isn't going to give it any more credit than he gave your preflop raise.

This is just missing bets IMO.

Originally Posted by pokerfanatic

it's 3 handed, players could have as little as TP and play this way sometimes i see it wit ha FD, though i bet the flop a lot here with a floped set and hope he was slow rolling TPTK like a dip shit... in this situation it seams like your up atangst 56, a FD, a small set like 33 or 44, or 89s in dimands, when he only calls on the river it makes me thjink he has a hand like 88 or 99 he was over playing or AT...

i think we both got to the same reasoning but for diffrent reasons, in 3 handed your hand range is much wider, however once he caps it is less likely he has a draw, but still could have a set, two pair, or any over pair, looking from villians prospectus, looking from our prospectus what can villian cold call PF then check the flop then donk/3bet the turn, it seems like AT, 89s, AK-AJs dimands (if real argo), some shitty two pair, or a set... logicly JJ-AA doesn't make since because he would 3 bet it, maybe same with TT... so it makes more since that he is over playing a hand that you can beat and a cap is correct, and there for the check is correct on the flop in this situation beacause the oponnet over plays a lot of hands you beat...

other cases i think beating the flop is fine...