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Originally Posted by Garick
Generally, though, if I put a lot of draws in V's range and the draw comes in, I slow down. I'll often go for river value if the turn checks through, but I don't want get committed, so I don't generally go for three streets of value in those situations.
This is not great advice.
First of all, how do you "put a lot of draws" in V's range with only the pre-flop action to go by? Second, being scared of pot-commitment is a recipe for leaving money on the table.
When you have a big Ace, or a big pair, then you already know that your most likely post-flop holding is going to be one pair. You should be planning your hand so that you can make a +EV commitment decision with one pair, AND be likely to get paid off by a weaker hand.
In other words, PLAY TO WIN STACKS, NOT POTS.
What you do is size your bets so that you can get heads up with a stack to pot ratio under 4 or 5 and then value bet the flop. If you've done this correctly, then your opponent will either A) fold, B) call and commit himself with an inferior hand, C) call with a draw that doesn't have correct odds, or D) raise allowing you to make a very informed decision about your hand.