Checking the turn

Originally Posted by LimpinAintEZ

so in the Irish HH above, the ONLY reason we are checking is to induce a bluff from a worse hand, right? Because we have a non-scary board, we can pull this off - Does it change if the board is more co-ordinated than this? Or is this the only way to get value from a worse hand and to get to a cheaper showdown against a better hand? I guess betting the turn when the Q comes is going to shut out most players with nothing here....

Great question Biondino - I need to work on this for sure -

I don't think the only reason we are checking the turn is to induce a bluff from a worse hand, though that is certainly a part of it.

I know for me, I check through a lot of turns to keep the pot small, if I have a hand with showdown value. A lot of times villain will call our flop cont bet, hoping to check raise us on the turn. If we check through the turn, we can flat call bluffs, and smaller bets from hands that beat us on the river.

Avoiding the check raise is clearly tied in with keeping the pot size under control.