Frogman, you're exactly right. Reflecting on my play, I am definitely being over-aggressive against Loose Fish and calling stations (no need to c-bet against them with nothing)... Terrible strategy against these types of players in retrospect.
I understand what you're saying about value, but maybe you can help me clarify the best "value" moves in the below example... happened to me in a game yesterday.
- I have KQ, raise preflop in position, 1 other loose fish in the hand
- Flop comes Q-rag-rag w/ 2 spades, I bet about 45% of the pot. He calls and I'm positive he's on a flush draw.
- Turn is a diamond rag - **what's the best move here? I chose to bet about 65% of the pot hoping he'd give up the hand... but as I should've foreseen, he calls**
- River is a spade - he luckily tries to check-raise me and I just check through.. Still he ends up taking down a fairly large pot from me...
SO - on the Turn I know I made it unprofitable for him to call given his pot odds - but knowing that he would DEFINITELY call, is the best move to check through to the River to see if my hand would survive? Maybe a win less, risk less strategy...
Also - what do you do if you bet with A-K and the flop is all low cards, and you're positive you're opponent also has overs but you have him beat. Do you bet expecting him to call since you have him beat at that point? Or do you check through (cuz you don't have much either)? What happens if a Q falls next? These situations were driving me crazy the last couple sessions, cuz I chose to be aggressive most of the time... and it didn't work out so well...
Thanks again!