Check it down or Valuetown?

[poonjoe]

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em $0.10 Ante - 6 players

MP: $125.80
CO: $89.15
BTN: $67.30
SB: $139.15
Hero (BB): $73.45
UTG: $52.70

Pre Flop: ($1.35) Hero is BB with
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.75, SB calls $1.50, Hero raises to $6.50, 1 fold, SB calls $4.75

Flop: ($15.35) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $9, SB calls $9

Turn: ($33.35) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $17.50, SB calls $17.50

River: ($68.35) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero requests TIME....

[boldie]

checkerdeecheck for me.

[GreekStein]

I check. Don't see what's gonna call that we beat

[Free_Rollin]

I check. Don't see what's gonna call that we beat

This pretty much. There's so many more hands villain checks to call that beat us, than hands he calls on the end which we beat.

[silverslick]

Assuming no history check it down, he should only call with something that beats you.

[DMorgan]

Feel like a  massive nit for doing it but I probably sigh and check it back

[pleno1]

qcxc is only hand i can see us ever getting a call from and even then he prob sigh folds.

[poonjoe]

Well what made this hand unusual as far as I was concerned is that I just felt his range is heavily weighted towards QK. That coupled with the fact that there are few hands that can check call us that we beat made me lean towards the check.

However, perhaps a superior line would be to bet-fold really small, getting calls from the weaker one pair hands?

[doubleup]

to bet-fold really small

That would be the quintessence of exploitability.

[GreekStein]

yeah Joe anyone half decent is going to realise what you're doing and just start shoving on you

[poonjoe]

Mmmm point taken but players like that are rare at this level...

This time he had KQ and was presumably trap checking.