Part: Part Eight - Making Moves

Abandoning the move

Flop
Heads-upPot 2,600 (6.5 BB)J♥10♥8♣COA♥K♣● 16,000 (40 BB)YOUovercards, betting leadBB● 16,000 (40 BB)CallerchecksHJ● 16,000 (40 BB)CallerchecksD

You opened and got two callers. Flop J♥ T♥ 8♣ - very wet - and you hold A♥K♥ (overcards plus a flush draw and gutshot). Both check.

A wet board, three-way, but you have real equity (draw + overcards). Best?

WhyBet a semi-bluff. Even multiway, your equity (flush draw, two overcards, gutshot) plus some fold equity justifies a bet that can take it now or improve. A move with this much equity behind it is fine to start.
What happensYou bet 1,600; one player calls, the other folds.  Pot: 5,800 (14.5 BB).
Turn
Heads-upPot 5,800 (14.5 BB)J♥10♥8♣2♣COA♥K♣● 16,000 (40 BB)YOUmissed; a caller remains on a wet boardBB● 16,000 (40 BB)Callerbets 3,000 (7.5 BB)D

Turn 2♣ - you miss, and now the remaining caller leads into you for a big bet.

You whiffed and the caller now bets big into you on this wet board. Best?

WhyFold. The preconditions have collapsed: he called your flop bet on a coordinated board and is now betting into the pre-flop raiser, which means real strength, and your ace-king high has no pair. Continuing to 'move' here is throwing good chips after a dead bluff - recognize it and let go.
What happensYou fold.  You abandon the move when its preconditions vanish.
You started a semi-bluff with real equity, but when a caller stuck around and led into you, the move was dead - so you folded rather than fire into obvious strength. Knowing when to abandon a move is part of making it.

Abandon a move the moment its preconditions break - when an opponent shows strength and your equity is gone, give up instead of compounding the bluff.