Question on Moshman's HU book

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So, I'm working through Moshmans book on HU play and on page 27 I found the following hand:

Effective Stakcs: $800
Blinds $15-$30

My Hand: 64s

Villain, a loose and over-aggressive player raises to $90 on the button, and you make a loose call. The pot is $180.

Flop: 852r

You have flopped a strong draw. Is it better to bet out or go for a check-raise? (I assume you have rejected the third alternative of check calling.)

Now, I realise that donking is probably bad, but why is c/c even worse? To be honest, I would have check/called err day if villain didn't overbet or something odd like that.

Thanks a lot in advance.

nachtwacht

Because the flop is very likely to have missed villain.

Assume you check call, now you hit your card on the turn, you check again, villain will bet, you now checkraise and villain folds because after all, what can he have that is strong enough to call you. If villain bets, you have 8 outs, making you roughly 18% to hit on the turn. You are surely overpaying if you check call on the flop, even if you account for another bet by villain on the turn.

Checkraising will very likely take the pot at that moment wich is a very good result since you are only drawing. On this board you have a lot of fold equity and villain is very unlikely to have anything that can call a checkraise.

That was the long answer. Short answer:

Moshman will try in his book to teach you an agressive style. Check calling just does not fit that style Smile