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 Originally Posted by bikes
Kd far worse card. gotta bet this turn
I'm interested as to why this is the right play.
Where is the hole in my reasoning:
I might be ahead, but I'm behind a lot of his flop calling range. I've got up to 10 outs on the river for the majority of that part of his range that beats me (made flushes and straights), and a chance for a free card. If he check raises me with those hands I have to give up. If he check raises a lot here I may be giving up a ton of expected equity compared with checking and, since I have no reads and Td is a good card to check raise for my opponent, checking seems optimal.
I'll give it a go, but doubt I've got the right idea:
There are all sorts of 1/2 pair hands Particularly containing T's that continued on the flop that will likely call a turn bet and we don't want them to draw for free. If he does have a made hand that beats us, he may not raise it on the turn, allowing us to get to the river anyway. We want the pot big enough on the river to get all the money in easily if the board pairs, so bet for value against his range now and it won't be too big a mistake, even against the top of his range unless he's good enough to C/R (and not having any reads, we don't have any reason to think he is).
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