you're probably right

I am in the worst downswing i have ever been in, so in my tortured mind he had the nuts a large percentage of the time when he called that turn.

And he did.


I don't understand how bet/call elicits that much more value than check/call. If i bet, some lesser hands fold. If I check, some lesser hands bet. If he has the nuts, he pushes over my bet and I am pot committed so I call, or he value bets me when I check (as a set or maybe AA/KK would do.