[captZEEbo1]

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i think there was some comment from doyle saying, bet when you think it's the best option available and deal with check raises after they happen instead of worrying about them before firing.

[/ QUOTE ]Not to belittle Doyle, but I think this advice is way off. Isn't part of poker planning like your next step? Like you shouldn't do any action unless you have plans on how you will handle his possible responses?

If I check now, I can call a pot bet on river. If I bet now I have to fold to all checkraises, isn't that correct? I would hate to be bluffed out of this pot when it's so big and my hand is so good and AK is so likely to semibluff IMO. Isn't my hand good enough to showdown here?



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hardly threatening your stack if you get put to a test. You still have enough room to maneuver that you won't get stuck with any bet.

[/ QUOTE ]-How is this not threating my stack? $680 seems like an enormous size pot and is very threatening to my stack. If I bet $450 and he checkraises me to $1100....let's say I call that raise, now the pot is 2.9k and he only had about $1500 left, that's roughly 1/2 pot bet before 300 bb's are gone. However if I check behind turn, biggest bet I can expect to see on river is $680 (without read I wouldn't expect to many people to move in on this river for a 2.5k bet into $680 pot). So then I couldn't really look him up on the turn to see what he does on river b/c there's so many scare cards that can hit (2 flush draws and a gutshot and ace to worry about), so I'd have to decide my hand is best and shove, or fold.