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Originally Posted by KitCloudkicker
Example:
you have AJo and open raise pf from EP, and you get 4 callers.
the Flop is ATx with a flush draw. you bet and get callers.
now, on occasion, smoke bet the turn - bet it dark. the reasons:
1) there is no card you should be checking on the turn anyway.
2) you avoid giving off a tell when the turn shows up
I don't want to enter into a larger discussion of dark betting -- at least not now -- but I do want to highlight a couple things about your example and your second point in particular.
-If you are the type to have tells, it seems to me that you're just as likely as to given them off when you hit a pair on the flop. Actually betting the flop is kind of a tell, too, isn't it? Unless you have some sort of weird "that turn card did not pair my kicker tell," I don't see the utility of this, particularly when...
-By betting dark, you forfeit the opportunity to use your opponents' tells against them.