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I'll address the first idea presented. On a Kc Jc 7s board, where you hold AK, basically you want a chaser to pay dearly to draw. Bet no less than the POT amount. Don't be clowing around with 3/4 when two of common straight broadways are present as well as the board being partially suited.
Any time two of these 4 cards flop (QKJT), there's a reasonable chance someone is open ended.
Ok now in terms of putting people on hands when they call your pot bet and a blank comes, think about this...
If the board is Kc Jc 7s, then most opponents are going to raise the flop with two pair or trips, because they themselves are afraid of the draws.
Most of the time you can feel like you're ahead with TPTK when you get a smooth call followed by a blank. Time to bet REALLY hard. I would overbet the pot here. If you get a call at this point, then you have to make a tough decision on the river where there's a good chance you're committed.
Chaulk it up to variance at that point and obey pot odds while playing the board.
You can't play scared. You have to play the odds. The odds say a smooth call on a dangerous board like that against any type of a decent player is a draw. A player will raise the flop with a better hand than you thinking there's a good chance you hang out with TPTK.
Once in a while a really good player who put you on a hand will get tricky to committ you with two pair or trips when you have TPTK, by smooth calling to look like a draw. It doesn't happen very often, because they risk being drawn out on themselves. I've seen it happen when your betting pattern allows them to know you're not drawing. That's why you have to mix that stuff up, because observant players will make things appear a certain way to make you bet a certain way.
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