Bad turn betting

I've talked before about bad river betting, and about good turn betting; however, I haven't talked very much about bad turn betting. I'd remedy that in this post, since I made a really bad turn bet in the second sit and go I played last night. While the vast majority of bad river bets are too large, it seems clear that the majority of bad turn bets are too small. If you believe you have the best hand at the moment, but the turn card puts some kind of draw out there, you must protect your hand by making a big enough bet to price out an opponent who's on a draw. I didn't do that, and paid the price. I flopped a set of fours, but the turn card put two spades out there. I needed to protect my set by overbetting the pot, but I didn't. A third spade on the river sealed my doom. I compounded my error by making a bad river call. I would have been much better served getting those chips in on the street before. Live and learn! On the positive side, I came out with a profit on the night.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 22500  2500       6    20     4        0
 22500  2500       6     3     6        0
 22500  2500       6    69     1    87750
 22500  2500       6    73     1    87750
 22500  2500       6    16     4        0

delta: $50,500
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,253,700
balance: $8,472,772