[ScottTheFish]

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I raise AK, get a call from a LAG who limped before me.

Flop is something like A J 6. He checks, I make my 'continuation bet'. He calls.

Turn goes check-check.

He bets big on the river, I insta-call and he flips over QJ thinking it was good the entire way. Or, he flips over air. They just never expect someone to check top pair on the turn.

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This play is GOLD. I use this all the time with great success. Also keeps you out of trouble with a 1 pair hand when he has you smoked and was trying for the c/r on the turn.

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If he has you smoked and is going for a c/r on the turn, how are you dodging trouble if you call his huge bet on the river?

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Simple. It keeps the pot small. Now if his bet on the river is pot size it's not "huge". I'm not saying call a massive push.

Classic "lose the least when you're behind/win the most when you're ahead" concept.