Quote Originally Posted by D
2nd fatal mistake, I didn’t bet more on the turn purely out of greed.
Trust me, I've done this too.. and learned my lesson because of these kinds of situations happening too often in that case

Bet on the river was small again, hoping for another raise. Is this the incorrect play to make?
You *could* do this with the nuts, if you are SURE your opponent has a good but weaker hand. Like a straight to your flush or underflush to your nutflush, etc.. AND your read has to tell you he is in fact inclined to push in that scenario. So generally, bet harder here.

These sorts of bets you made are generally made as 'blocking bets'.. lesser hands will call/fold and better hands will raise. As was the case here in fact, except you did it for the wrong reasons so you called the raise.

I often find myself making these sorts of blocking bets when we get to the river and I have a good hand but I suspect my opp to possibly have me beat. If I check the river, this shows too much weakness, and he might bluff-raise me just to get me to fold, so that would suck.

But using them to incite a WEAKER hand to raise you, really is rare..