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There has been much written (here and in books/magazines) about pot control.

If he gets it all in preflop with Aces or Kings... fine. Good for him.

Building a pot with just an overpair out of position and losing your whole stack is bad.

I say again... with strong reads, I have put my whole stack with just an overpair. Without it... when you show strength preflop (particularly out of position) and follow it with strength on the flop and still get raised... unless you know your opponent is a retard, they can beat a pair.

I've seen numerous threads on the high stakes boards where they check the flop with an overpair... why? Pot control.

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Not all the time.

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I agree. But the times when you do it are against an opponent who you have a good read on and you're fairly confident you're ahead. I don't see this hand fitting that criteria.