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bet the flop man, you can get better hands to fold (55-88) and draws to peel. With hands I cbet but don't wanna get check/raised I size my bets pretty big, like 5/6PSB. Checking behind sucks because calling a turn bet isn't going to be profitable unless you improve with one of your five outs. Your hand is effectively a weak semibluff with no SD value so put it in the lower portion of your cbet range rather than the top of your 'giving up' range.

Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill

bet the flop man, you can get better hands to fold (55-88) and draws to peel. With hands I cbet but don't wanna get check/raised I size my bets pretty big, like 5/6PSB. Checking behind sucks because calling a turn bet isn't going to be profitable unless you improve with one of your five outs. Your hand is effectively a weak semibluff with no SD value so put it in the lower portion of your cbet range rather than the top of your 'giving up' range.

interesting. i've been thinking about doing just this recently. turning the very worst one pair hands in my range, on certain boards, into "5-out semi-bluffs" on the flop whereas i would normally check them back because SD value, very little better fold etc. hmm.

ps thanks for the comments guys. it's great to get some feedback on this kind of stuff.