Part Seven - Betting on Fourth and Fifth Street

The turn and river are where pots get biggest and mistakes get most expensive. With a strong hand, this is when you get the money in - raise the turn and bet the river rather than slow-playing the value away - and when you're polarized with the nuts against a strong, capped range, an overbet extracts the most. Late streets are also prime bluffing real estate: blocker bluffs, where you hold a card that makes the hand you're representing nearly impossible for your opponent, are at their strongest on fifth street. And the final discipline is folding: a river raise is almost never a bluff, so even top two pair lays down to fifth-street aggression. These four hands drill value, bluffs, and folds on the last two streets.