$1/$2 NL 6 max. BvB

SB raises to $6. I call in the BB with [7c].

Pot $12. Flop [3d][2s]. He bets $8. My normal play here is to raise. Why, you ask? He'll only call when hes ahead and I'll fold off everything I beat. I do agree with that if the guy is competant at all...BUT...I dont want to play a big pot here. I want to know right away if Im ahead or not.

I see alot of good players just call here, but when I do it it seems to get me in over my head every time.

In this hand I called. Turn was a K and he bet $20. Thats the perfect card form him to double barrell so i called again.

River was a 9 and he bet 3/4 pot or something. I folded as I doubt Im ahead unless hes a maniac.

It seems to me that all I did was to either let him bluff me or let him outdraw me. Post flop I called $28 before folding. Why not just raise the flop to $28 or a tad less?

If he has 88 or better he probably calls and I will most likely give up so it doesnt cost me anymore. If he has AK o KJ or whatever, he probably folds and I win the pot and dont allow him to outdraw me. I really dont see a downside to this besides not being able to call down a guy who might bluff his money away. I just dont really want to try to catch a multiple street bluff with TP only being a 7.

Thoughts?

I like the way you played it, I think you can call the river against some players.

turn raise > turn call and sets you up nicely for a river shove. without history its highly unlikely that he's gonna call off his stack with one pair. booya.

i dont think they do vs. my preferred line w/ no history.

also- large % of the time they will shove turn rather than call turn/call river, so you don't lose your whole stack in those instances.

i think your turn raise will have way more FE and induce way fewer bluffs than a flop raise.