Hi,

Hopefully I'll be able be able to phrase things clearly as I tend to stink at that sort of thing.  It has to do with bluff catching over multiple streets.  My question is, does the fact that the bettor has 3 streets to bet and drop off bluffs on each street, in a sense an advantage for him?  By advantage I mean, as the bluff catcher, is that one of the reasons we often have to fold more on the flop than our immediate equity suggests, even when hand strengths are unlikely to change because of the board texture?  I know we cant make our flop decisions based on equity alone, since there are multiple streets to play, and the range we will be up against on the river when the biggest bet goes in has to be considered.  Im familiar with the idea of trying to defend to at X percent on each street as a guideline when ranges similar in strength but I'm really concerned with any of that here.

The way I've always looked at it is on certain boards, our opponent will be able to stop us from realizing a lot of our equity so we check fold 44 on T96 often times because of bad playability and his bluffs will have lots of equity.  But does he also have a built in advantage of sorts on boards where neither player is likely improve, like AA2, just because he has three streets to bluff?  

I think I may be confusing the idea of being able to take advantage of a strong polarized range, and just having the option as the bettor to bluff over 3 streets and drop some off along the way.  Thanks for any help.