Quote Originally Posted by XxStacksxX
Quote Originally Posted by Jason
On the turn, betting is generally good here, although, if the pot is that bloated, you might even consider another check.
Checking on the turn here is pretty bad imho. Villain's definitely not going to fold any 77-QQ hand to a single bet here, and at this point when he checks to us, those 77-QQ hands along with Kx, Ax hands are his most likely holdings. We are WAY ahead of his checking range, and should definitely be betting the turn for value.
I was always a bit confused about the "Big hand, big pot; small hand, small pot," idea. See, what I thought was that it meant actual HANDS (pair, two pair, set, etc.). And based on THESE hands, I would choose to make the pot big/small/whatever.

I think that may be the confusion that others make as well. I never thought of it as "being ahead of villain's range." I always thought, "I may be ahead, but I still ONLY have a pair of aces...I can't be making a great big pot with this."

However, this way of thinking is wrong. As long as we are ahead of villain's range...we want to make the pot bigger, no matter what hand we hold.