A lesson borrowed from limit

PokerStars Game #4263092659: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/03/12 - 13:49:57 (ET)
Table 'Roberta' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BRGreen ($102.40 in chips)
Seat 2: mongosbd ($38.40 in chips)
Seat 3: snyggen ($95.50 in chips)
Seat 4: joshpytt ($78.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Demiparadigm ($140.05 in chips)
snyggen: posts small blind $0.50
joshpytt: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Demiparadigm [Kc Jd]
Demiparadigm: raises $2 to $3
BRGreen: calls $3
mongosbd: folds
snyggen: folds
joshpytt: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Kd 5d Th]
joshpytt: checks
Demiparadigm: bets $6
BRGreen: raises $6 to $12
joshpytt: folds
Demiparadigm: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Kd 5d Th] [3h]
Demiparadigm: bets $10

This is an interesting play. I used to think it was pretty donkish, but it's actually a decent way of getting a better read on an opponents hand without making some silly play like reraising on the flop. Very few players are capable of raising the turn without a strong hand when you do this, so generally when they call they either have a one pair hand or a draw.

Good if you'd seen him raise for the free card before. Bad if he's a donkey nl player (of the many)

id probably bet about $18. $10 is sheepish!