rj_montana
Visionary
Silver Level
It seems that some spots are ideal for a check/raise instead of a check/call, where you have enough equity to continue in the hand, but your hand cannot withstand more pressure without improvement.
Example scenario, you are out of position and the pre-flop raiser in a heads up pot. Flop is K62 rainbow, you have A2s with 1 suit on the board.
If I c-bet and get called, unless I improve to 2-pair, trips or flush draw on the turn I am almost certainly behind and don't really fancy barrelling more money in there on a bluff. If I check and call, it's almost the same scenario but actually slightly worse. Because in this line, if I do pick up the flush draw, now I have to put more money in the pot and I might not river anything. However, with a check/raise on the flop, I can take it down immediately for the same price (or less) of the turn bet that I would have ended up calling in those other lines, and when we do improve on the turn, we've built up the pot to get paid off, which is hard to do in those other lines when you finally do make the flush.
Thoughts?
Example scenario, you are out of position and the pre-flop raiser in a heads up pot. Flop is K62 rainbow, you have A2s with 1 suit on the board.
If I c-bet and get called, unless I improve to 2-pair, trips or flush draw on the turn I am almost certainly behind and don't really fancy barrelling more money in there on a bluff. If I check and call, it's almost the same scenario but actually slightly worse. Because in this line, if I do pick up the flush draw, now I have to put more money in the pot and I might not river anything. However, with a check/raise on the flop, I can take it down immediately for the same price (or less) of the turn bet that I would have ended up calling in those other lines, and when we do improve on the turn, we've built up the pot to get paid off, which is hard to do in those other lines when you finally do make the flush.
Thoughts?