66 on T♠ 6♥ 2♣, checked to you — bet or check?
The answer
Bet
bet for value
The math: middle set on a dry, rainbow ten-high board — no flush possible, and stacks of worse hands can still pay.
Why
You flopped a set — one of the biggest hands out there, and almost nothing beats you here. So bet for value while worse hands still want to call: any ten, a smaller pair, a gutshot, a float peeling to see one more card. The board is rainbow, so there's no flush to worry about — only overcards and the odd gutshot to charge. Betting builds the pot now and makes those hands pay. Checking a monster this big just wastes it.
The spot
- Your seat
- BTN
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 6♠ 6♦
- Board
- T♠ 6♥ 2♣
- Pot
- POT · $12
- Action on you
- BB checks
Every option
Checkslowplay the set
Why not: Checking a set this strong just leaves money on the table. Every ten, worse pair and gutshot that would happily call a bet now gets a free card instead.
Betbet for valueCorrect
⅓ pot · $4 · ⅔ pot · $8 · pot · $12
The idea behind it
When you flop a big made hand like a set on a dry, rainbow board, bet for value. Worse pairs, top-pair tens and draws will still call, and building the pot early wins far more than trapping does on a board with almost nothing to fear.
Concept: Value bet
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.