[W. Deranged]

I think the play here is definitely to raise the turn, with the intent of probably folding to a three-bet. I'm planning on value-betting the river if checked to, though.

Sometimes this donk-bet represents a flush. A lot of the time, though, it represents a weaker made hand that doesn't want the turn to check through.

A raise here is very good because it charges a stray diamond the maximum. If opponent has a flush, he may well three-bet, which *might* allow us to get away from the hand if we have some kind of read. I think a call here is not good because we basically have no outs if we're behind and our opponent could potentially have a ton. Bet/raise without outs (reverse implied odds...), check-call with outs (implied odds...)

With the A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in our hand, I really like calling the turn with the intent to raise the river. For the argument, you can basically reverse everything I just said about why I like a raise in the original hand. See why?