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Originally Posted by callipygian
And if people inject ambiguity regularly and/or intentionally, you can call it out, sure. But at least half of the time I see string bets called, it's because the string bet caller couldn't help himself and showed immediate and obvious displeasure.
This is spot on and exactly what Player B was doing here. I forget the exact action preflop (it might have been limped around), but it was a multiway pot.
The flop came out T-high with two spades. Player A checked, Player B bet, and everyone folded back to Player A, who called.
The turn brought a third spade, and that is when Player A bet into Player B. Player B immediately complained about the "string bet," and after several exchanges with the dealer and Player A about what had just happened, said disgustedly, "fine... I call."
The river was a blank. Player B won the hand with AT, including the Ace of spades. In retrospect, Player B was clearly annoyed that Player A had bluffed the turn and forced him to decide whether to call the bet to pursue a re-draw to the nut flush. Player B clearly thought he was behind on the turn and was trying to minimize what it was going to cost him to get to the river.