WA/WB flop situations and the merits of checking

[Zybomb]

The concepts you are discussing are correct however your example is not. With AK on a A83 rainbow board you will be called by tons of hands that you are beating (ESPECIALLY at .10/.25 NL stakes) such as AQ AJ AT...maybe even Ax. Especially at low limits where TP=Nuts checking behind is losing major value in this spot.

A better example (and we've had the discussion before) would be if you had KK in this spot, you could check behind in order to induce a turn bluff out of your opponent and thus gain more value out of your hand when it is good (where if you CB they are folding pretty much always). There are pros and cons to this (aggro betting can fold out medium aces for example) which we can get into more detail later if you want