Re: K8s UTG
That K was good for your hand but might have been better for him, and you have outs to improve. Your bet just allowed him to either run you off or make a bad call believing that was all he was doing when he wasn't. If you check and improve then you get to bust him sometimes, and if another spade comes he might not like it either if he had flopped a straight or set, so you can often either get a cheap showdown if you want or bluff him off the winner. Taking the risk of a hand outdrawing you like KKF was talking about doesn't outweigh the other factors that argue for checking behind. And if he does make a 3 high flush he probably isn't calling any meaningful bluff by you on the river if he checks. By allowing yourself to be checkraised you wasted your position and got turned into the guesser.
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