Quote Originally Posted by iopq
in limit it's not a huge mistake to bet every street with a hand despite the feeling you are beat because you'll get calls from complete morons who think their 3rd pair is good at least some of the time
I would respectfully suggest that while that may be true as a general statement about low stakes limit players, making this sort of generalization is very dangerous and, in fact, is exactly the sort of reasoning that can get someone sucked into a huge pot while either drawing dead or with very few live outs. (And remember, it could have been even worse than it was-- if no heart and no paired board comes on the river, I am betting and they may decide they are "pot committed"-- don't get me started on that one!-- and throw even more money down the rathole.)

Unless I have a good specific reason, based on the person's prior play, to think that the person who is representing his nut straight doesn't have one, I am not likely to be re-raising the turn. Indeed, I am not even calling it unless the pot odds are in my favor to draw out. Two pair against a made straight on an unpaired board means 4 outs. To even call a 2-bet on the turn (i.e., 4 x the big blind) with 4 outs, the pot better be something like 44 x the big blind as of the turn. That's a once-in-a-lifetime situation in limit.

In any event, the point of my post was not to bore you with details about live limit hold 'em. It was to make a point that applies to no limit too and that is a perfect thing for beginning players to be thinking about. Which is, at all times, it is good to know which players at the table process information and how fast they will get out of hands once they process it. That's a crucial skill in determining whether and how you want to bet your hand.