I bet half the pot on the turn because
* I had just been through a long period of betting the pot and not getting any callers on this table
* I had been beaten quite heavily by someone who kept checking and letting me do the betting in LP before showing me a set, so I thought it prudent to slow down
* I'd seen this guy check-raise a set and I wanted to give him an opportunity to do that so I could pick up some information.
At no point AFAIK did he have the pot odds for calling with any non-monster draw.
I feel comfortable with my play, pretty much. After the turn I was confident I was ahead; the river confused me and unfortunately I came to suspect it was a bluff.
Quite a few times recently I've thought "if I bet less than the pot it'll look like weakness, so I won't", but I've also been punished for this in some circumstances, like I said. Anyway, surely sometimes it doesn't hurt to look weak if you think your opponent has a weaker holding,
I'm definitely open to more analysis by yourself and others, though.Statistics: Posted by tetsuo — Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:58 am
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