Hey Andres, thanks for the question. The reason why I like check raising this board is that there are many hands in my preflop range that may want to do so. A good amount of value (88, 55, Q5, Q8, strong Qx) and combo draws. Good turn cards for me would be card that complete possible gutshots and probably hearts. I could definitely make a reasonable sized check raise here (2.5-3x) and then fire a not too huge bet on some favorable turn cards (40% or so) and still give up on some blanks. I think if I do it every time the spot arises then it would be too often. You are right in that Ax or Kx wouldnt be the best cards for us. I would think a lot of his defend vs check raise would include Ah if it doesnt contain the Q. Thus I would prefer barreling the more middling cards rather than the overs.

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Good question Patpat. I think that we dont have to plan on barreling turn on river too often to make the initial raise itself profitable. There is a lot of initial fold equity to be had early in the hand. We can make a small bet on turns that are relatively favorable to us (the 8 is a good example) and completely barrel off on few rivers. Maybe the earlier position the opponent is in (the more 7x we can remove from his range) the more often we would decide to fire rivers. You are definitely correct in that it is quite easy to find yourself overbluffing by the time you get to the end of a hand. Hard not to fire that last barrel sometimes, especially when you lose to the 1 hand they would have folded.