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[Closed] NL200 HU vs unknown linecheck

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DeKuip
Joined: 07.03.2008

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $2(BB) Replayer
Hero ($203)
BU/SB ($287)

Dealt to Hero K♣ T♣

BU/SB raises to $6, Hero calls $4

FLOP ($12) 8♣ K♥ T♦

Hero checks, BU/SB bets $8, Hero raises to $24, BU/SB calls $16

TURN ($60) 8♣ K♥ T♦ T♥

Hero bets $38, BU/SB folds

Hero shows K♣ T♣

Hero wins $59.50

This was hand number 9, so Villain is unknown to me.
This was our first preflop action, so I thought check/raising would be nice, because many players do that the first time to get a bit of a feeling of their opponent. On the turn I hit the nuts (well, almost then), so I just continue betting, but should I have checked and give him the initiative?

Probably not, but I'm just checking my line because I so often feel my line is just too strong and I don't get the value I can get in such a hand...


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Bierbaer
Joined: 27.05.2005

The think is if you check the turn he's going to check back the vast amount of his medium hands, so the value you get is zero anyway.
Yes, you might get a bet out of him on the river but if he calls a riverbet he would probably also call a turnbet.
And if he has Kx there's no way he ever folds the turn because you usually don't checkraise Tx on the flop (you could c/r AT for value but that's about it).

So by betting you get value from straightdraws and if he calls them he doesn't just give you value on the turn but he will even stack off on the river.
So although you prevent him from calling a bet with a weak hand sometimes this is easily compensated the times he calls the turn and stacks off on the river with whatever he has.