Is this a check?

HartshorN

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
the7kop09	Small blind		10.00	10.00	2395.00
eddie2	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1980.00
	Your hole cards	K K
betanun	Fold
HartshorN	Raise		80.00	110.00	1910.00
amyjacksam	Call		80.00	190.00	1465.00
rod666	Call		80.00	270.00	1710.00
the7kop09	Fold
eddie2	Fold
Flop
		9 K 7
HartshorN	Bet		135.00	405.00	1775.00
amyjacksam	Fold
rod666	Call		135.00	540.00	1575.00
Turn
		K
HartshorN	Bet		270.00	810.00	1505.00
rod666	Fold
HartshorN	Muck
HartshorN	Win		540.00		2045.00
HartshorN	Return		270.00	0.00	2315.00

HartshorN

Should i of checked the turn and showed weakness? Feel like i didnt get enough out of the hand.

N1CK

checking the turn is fine when you have the board crushed to try to get 2nd street of value on the end

TommyD

Got to check the turn here.  Now's a perfect time to under-represent your hand as a pair between the Kings and Nines or AQ/AJ who C-Bet the flop.  You want to look scared of the Kings and look for value from other pocket pairs or people wanting to take you off of your C-bet.

This is one of the few times being OOP is to your advantage, the villain may bet the turn to a check (which you should flat IMO) or they may call off a decent V-Bet on the river.

N1CK

In Response to Re: Is this a check?:

Got to check the turn here.  Now's a perfect time to under-represent your hand as a pair between the Kings and Nines or AQ/AJ who C-Bet the flop.  You want to look scared of the Kings and look for value from other pocket pairs or people wanting to take you off of your C-bet. This is one of the few times being OOP is to your advantage, the villain may bet the turn to a check (which you should flat IMO) or they may call off a decent V-Bet on the river.
Posted by TommyD

would you lead that flop with 10s-qq?

HartshorN

Yeh i agree tommy.

At the time i thought i he's calling my 135 bet, then the king isnt really damaging him tbh as he could have middle pair or a draw here, so decided to fire out again to try get some value.

N1CK

some players are more likely to get scared when big cards pair AA kk rather than smaller cards its psychological lol

LOL_RAISE

id keep on betting

N1CK

In Response to Re: Is this a check?:

id keep on betting
Posted by LOL_RAISE

obviously it player dependant but don't you think you get more chance of getting two streets if you check the turn
or do you think it evens out the times you get all 3?

TommyD

In Response to Re: Is this a check?:

In Response to Re: Is this a check? : would you lead that flop with 10s-qq?
Posted by N1CK

If I'm the preflop raiser yes, on a number of times I will lead the flop, as I would with a set, 2 pair, air, draw etc.  If I'm continuing with say tens here I'm just looking to close out the hand now (it's early days in the MTT and the range of both callers is wide, just happy to take it down before any more cards).  I would also check here a number of times with the same holdings.  But the point of the post was you are showing a complete drop off of strength from flop to turn to encourage the villain to think either they are good or they can take us off the hand.  As soon as we get a call on the flop we know they have an interest in the hand and it's time to try and encourage that interest.