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Originally Posted by RivrMeaDream
Checking is dumb b/c it gives them free cards to burn you. Bet the flop and then you can check turn for pot control
This is not true.
Just look at villains possible holdings and figure out how many outs they have against us in case none of them does have QQ,JJ,99:
AK has 4 outs, KK has 6 outs, TT actually has the most outs vs us. FD's have eight outs vs plus we'd have a redraw and with the Ah and the Jh not being available there shouldn't be too many heart draws out there.
All underpairs have 2 outs.
Checking the flop also underreps your hand and might give you the chance to either VB thin if turn and river blank off or to snap off a bluff / a VB with a weaker hand by villain.
@Ray: I don't really get your last sentence, do you mean "catch a heart or an A"? Cause an 8 is surely not a good card for us.
Oh and one more thing: betting the flop and checking the turn basically turns your hand face up here as an overpair (AA,KK) and maybe stuff like AQ, so every halfway decent opponent might decide to bluff the river knowing you'll have a hard time calling big bets with a 1 pair holding on a wet board.