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Pot control more and mitigating your variance
Okay, so you have top pair so we bet right? Sometimes. But often, the best play and one I frequently employ is to check back and take the hand to later streets. This accomplishes several things.
1. You almost never get all in with the 2nd best hand and ths mitigate your losses when behind. You also have less risk of getting bluffed off the best hand. Overall you avoid gross decisions with marginal top pair hands.
2. Deception. Your opponents will be less likely to think you have top pair and may be more willing to give you 1 or 2 streets of value as a result.
3. If you play against opponents with tracking software, playing this part of your range this way will give you a lower overall c-bet %.. giving more credibility to your bluffs.
4. It induces bluffs.

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