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[QUOTE="baudib1, post: 1838760, member: 47606"]
I had a hand recently that illustrates the pot-control point.

There's a $5 straddle in a $1/$2 live game. 2 people call and I call with 65 hearts from CO, BB calls.

Flop is A42 with 1 heart.

2 people check and guy in front of me bets $10 into $20. I beat him into the pot. I could have raised here but the truth is I was going to make the same bet so it went in really fast. Bettor commented, "Wow, instacall."

This player actually knows what he's doing but he was playing fairly tight and somewhat passive in spots.

Turn is a 7, a great card for my hand, he checks and I bet $20.

River is another 7, he checks again and I bet $45 and he snap folds.

In this spot his range is totally face up; he'd for sure raise some big Ace pre. He has some weak suited Ace, perhaps A5 or A3 with a gutshot added, and is pot-controlling with his weak made hand, checking for showdown value.

I'm obviously betting the turn when he checks and I'm firing on any river he doesn't bet, except perhaps an A river. He's c/cing because he has showdown value and is hoping either I don't bet or that he hits a 2nd pair. My range also contains some nutty hands like 44, 22, A4 that I might play this way.

I have a bluff here but it doesn't really matter; any hand I'm betting the turn with I'm going to play the same way.
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