A good example of controlling the pot

[Roland32]

Am I ahead or behind in this hand? Notice how this move works. I achieve both objectives simutaneuously, If I am behind I am keeping the pot as small as possible to ensure a showdown, but if I am in fact playing a smaller PP or overcards I am allowing him to bet off his stack.

Freudian I believe this is the sorta thing u were asking about?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t1530)
MP3 (t1470)
CO (t1470)
Button (t1180)
SB (t1480)
BB (t2490)
UTG (t1420)
UTG+1 (t960)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t140</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Hero calls t60.

Flop: (t310) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100.

Turn: (t510) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (t510) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100.

Final Pot: t710

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Th Td (two pair, tens and twos).
MP2 has Qc Qs (two pair, queens and twos).
Outcome: MP2 wins t710. </font>

[Freudian]

Not really. Here you just want to keep the pot small.

I am talking about sizing my bets so my turn/river action end up being right.