Quote Originally Posted by DimitriT
The way you fix this is to get reads on the player before the river.
People usually play drawing hands a certain way. For instance, let's
say you are dealt:

Jc Jd

and the flop brings:

Ts 6s 3h

You have two opponents and you are first to bet.

You bet a hearty 5xBB and get a call and a fold.

What does that tell you? Somone has a hand. The board looks like a
flush draw. Someone may be slowplaying 66, seeing that you have a strong pair.

Turn comes as 7c.

You check. He checks. Bingo! He's on the draw. A set or two pair would bet out here fearing that you might improve on the river card or that you may be on the flush draw yourself!

Now if another spade comes out you check and see what he comes back
with. Typically he will value bet you or go all-in to try and ellicit a bluff catch.

If the spade doesn't show what should you do? Alot of folks bet the river hoping the opp has paired along the way and may want to make a further donation. I will sometimes do this but I usually just get a fold unless he feels like a bluff. But a bluff here is very easy to catch so that doesn't worry me too much.
But why would you ever check the turn? I don't like to give free cards to draws.