Bet Flop Check Turn Pattern
This tip you can expand to more than just heads up limit play. It will work for any game and structure. If you notice a player will bet the flop, and if you call, check the turn, this can be very lucrative for you.
The first thing I want to find out is what this check means. Does it mean he has nothing and will fold? Or does it mean he might still call a fair amount of the time if you bet. Both options can be good for us.
If his check on the turn means he has nothing, then obviously the right thing to do is to bet at the pot. You'll keep stealing like this as much as you can, until he adjusts. You'll know when he adjusts because he'll either call you down or check raise you. Check raising definitely suggests he's on to you trying this.
If his check on the turn sometimes means he has nothing and will fold and sometimes means he'll call, then we can still leverage that. The main thing I do is use it for free cards. Even if you don't intend on bullying him out of the flop when he checks, you can call on the flop because you know he'll then check the turn. This allows you to see the turn and river for the price of the flop. When you figure it that way, you can call with many more hands, hands that are really bad.
Doing this also makes his play tougher. He can't assume he can win the pot with only a bet on the flop. He has to assume you'll call the flop bet, at which point he'll have to show weakness on the turn by checking or try to bet at a pot where you might have him beat.
To balance this strategy it is important to sometimes call the flop with good hands to raise on the turn. The reason for this is so that he can't continue betting on the turn without fear of you having a trapping hand.
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