Green Plastic talked about this in an older CR video

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($416)
CO ($499.15)
Button ($432)
SB ($527.45)
BB ($187.55)
UTG ($233.45)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, Q.
1 fold, Hero raises to $12, 3 folds, BB calls $8.

Flop: ($26) A, 5, K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $20, BB calls $20.

Turn: ($66)3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero...

This is a pretty common situation. You c-bet on a drawy flop with something like TPGK or two pair and get called. The turn card completes the draw that was on the flop.

What do a lot of people do in this situation? They check on the turn, and often are faced with a river bet that puts them in a call or fold situation. From what i understand about no limit, it's generally better to be in a bet or fold situation, so let's try to put ourselves there instead. We can do that by betting the turn instead of checking.

By putting out a bet on the turn:

1). If your opponent raises your turn bet, he is very likely holding a strong hand.
2). If your opponent calls your turn bet, he is very likely holding a made hand. And a lot of the time it's a made hand that is weaker than yours, which means you've just extracted an additional value bet from your opponent.


I would size the bet to be between 1/3 and 1/2 the pot size. It isn't so large as to discourage weaker top pair hands from calling, but it also isn't going to encourage a lot of weaker hands to make a move.

Of course, if we only bet this size with hands that can't stand a raise, our smart opponents will be able to rob us blind by constantly bluffing us out of pots. This means you should also sometimes put out a similarly sized bet when you have actually completed a draw on the turn.

Though in a practical sense, against your typical regulars at 100/200NL, i'd say you probably wouldn't even have to worry about balancing your range in this situation.