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Originally Posted by eldiesel
I would have bet ott. You're still getting called by KT/QT/8x. And turned straights or 2pair will c/r. So I'm not betting to see where I'm at, but the b/f works well because worse check/calls and better (once he checks) is check/raising. As played, otr, is he really taking a stab just because you showed weakness ott? I usually slow down ott if the turn helped me, say the turn was an A, I'd check back, expecting most of V's range to be shutting down ott if I fired again, so I'd check it back, make it look like I don't like the A either, then otr V will call a bet and I'd get 2 streets of value. I don't like checking ott when the J hits.
I really like this, though honestly, I tend to play too weak, a lot of the time, and this table was one of them. Partially because I'm just not that confident in my reads on villains, in following and keeping track of all of the information at the table, sorting out what will be most useful to me in the future and etc. Against very aggressive villains I've been able to use this to my advantage, at least, by c-betting, checking behind and calling a river bluff with a marginal hand.
In this situation, consecutive flop and turn bets would be showing a lot of strength from me, and I don't think this villain is calling with KT or worse. Nonetheless, this post was really helpful by tacitly pointing out a fundamental problem with my game.