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Originally Posted by daviddem

I'd say a spot OOP where if we check he is very likely to bet big and we would have to fold. In this case the EV of checking would be 0 but the EV of betting would be >0 (if he is much less likely to raise a bet than betting when checked to). Call that a blocking bet?

IP I don't think it's ever true.

In your example the EV of checking is still greater than zero if Villain isn't betting 100% of the time, but you are right that this describes a blocking bet. There are IP examples, but they're harder to come up with. There are also non-blocking bet examples.

Here are two situations to think about:

1. What happens if we have a medium strength hand against a polarized range and bet OOP?
2. What happens if we have a medium strength hand against a non-polarized range and bet OOP?