Sometimes against a loose donk it's good to check on the river when you are OOP.
If you think he's been floating you with junk and will fold to your third barrel, it's best to check and let him try to steal the pot.
Against a good player or a calling station, you should be value betting, but you just gotta adjust against the bad ones.
I just had a hand where I took almost the guy's entire stack. Against a good player, I probably would have gotten one street of value at best.
I raised with TT from UTG+1 on 10NL 6-max. BTN (the loose floater type) calls and BB calls.
Flop's 269 rainbow. I cbet about 80% of the pot and BTN calls while BB folds. Turn's another 2 and I bet big again knowing who I am up against. He calls again.
The turn's a 7. No flush draws, and if he has 85 or 8T, he got there. But anyway, I am pretty sure I am ahead here. But knowing this dude's style, he may not have a hand that will call a third barrel. I checked expecting him to try to steal. And sure enough he throws out almost a pot size bet. I call and I win. Dude had two overcards. If I bet the river (which would have been a smaller size bet than his bluff) he would have folded.
Afterwards I thought to myself I should have shoved. He only had a bit of coins left and may have said the hell with it and called a shove anyway. So I left a little money on the table there.
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