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Originally Posted by TendGate
We prefer a flat on the turn? I was thinking if he does have some sort of draw why not make a smallish 4bet for value?
Out of 248 he has already invested 82. He only has 166 back?
We can do that against a draw and with this hand, but the important thing is that we may not want to do that with the bulk of our range facing this type of raise on the turn. By occasionally slow playing, we can prevent our opponent from putting as much pressure on our thinner value bets.
Additionally, if we flat here, then our opponent is very likely to continue bluffing us on the turn; whereas, if we raise, then we aren't sure if he will call it off with a draw or something like KQ high. On most rivers, we'll still get the money in against his worse hands that are value raising, so we won't lose much against that portion of his range (only the times the river is very scary for a hand like KK, probably) and we'll gain a lot of money from his air and semi-bluff raising range.
I can certainly speak from personal experience that people will hand you large portions of their stack when they think that you're weak or that you'll be folding a hand like 99 on certain rivers. Slow playing here is a very nice part of a game plan for a bunch of reasons.
