[Jim Brier]

Nonsense. This is a $30-$60 game not $1-$2 game played by idiots. In almost all cases the guy has turned two pair and is betting because he thinks he has the best hand and doesn't want the turn to get checked around especially given the drawing nature of the flop. No other holding makes nearly as much sense. If he had top pair he would have bet out or check-raised the flop not check-called then bet out on the turn when the turn-card failed to help him. Nor is he betting out because he has suddenly made a pair of deuces. Why would someone with middle pair now think their hand is good having received no help on the turn?

When you raise in these situations you are simply costing yourself extra money for insufficient gain. Not that it matters but on the actual hand the big blind won with 7h-2c. The button was on a flush-draw that missed.