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As Aaron said if you never waited for the turn it wouldn't be much of a leak as the circumstances it's correct for are quite rare. Unless you are confident you should wait for the turn just raise the flop for value if you think you have an equity edge.

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I've actually been told this in a post before. I said that I never wait for the turn and was told it won't be much of a leak. However, in SSH, he says "This is a very difficult, but critical section." It seems to me from reading the opinions here that maybe there's too much emphasis placed on this topic in the book.

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I think SSH was written to teach how to maximize profits from all small stakes games including loose and wild games where pots are frequently 8-way and more. Play 2/4 at Foxwoods Casino and you'll see this all the time. In those situations it is really important to know this concept because although infrequent the pot you stand to lose is HUGE!

These days it seems that most times online you have to play nano-limits to see that many players consistantly seeing the flop and those pots, while large in BB terms, are small in terms of $$. (Before you say it I'm sure you all find great tables at higher limits but the situation is still quite rare and waiting until the turn is very often misplayed and overused. Misapplying it will cost you more BB's than it will save IMO)

I rarely encounter situations now where I am in a large pot and think waiting until the turn to raise will maximize my chances to win a pot.