Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
Raise here all day long. So many turn cards have potential to kill your action, while the villain is very willing to destack on the flop. Knowing when to build the pot committment has to do with the pinnacle of villains confidence and/or desperation to "protect". When confidence is highest on the flop, build your pot right there.
I remember this hand really well, it's from about a month ago. Villain was basically making fun of all the fish, calling them donks, trying to lecture about pot odds, laughing when they called PF with xxs (cards unimportant) and just generally telling everyone how smart he was. I raised UTG with 109s because eh, I felt like it (is that an actual reason? whatever), and when he 3bet it, I felt like he had to have KK or AA, and with that flop it would take runners for him to beat me so I felt safe check/calling and betting when the 3rd diamond hit -- I KNEW I was ahead and he'd stack off soon anyway.

Funny thing was he freaked out when he lost, yelling at me, and I said "implied odds" which made him go more ballistic.

Though I do appreciate what you're trying to impart -- it's more advanced concepts like that I'm having a lot of trouble with.