Quote Originally Posted by Massimo
I think the reason why a river check may be better than you guys think is because everyone wants to c/r or lead a combodraw on the flop here (pair and FD, FD and overs, etc)...
this is actually a very good point, but remember who you are playing against (200NL). I wouldn't expect your typical opponent to be capable of considering that. Check/calling two streets appears (on the simplest level of thought) to be a drawing hand, and the draw got there on the river.