How often you bet and how much you bet are two separate decisions. This is the board where the book sets one of them high and the other one low — and getting it right means resisting the instinct to move both dials together.
Hand info
MTT, single raised pot, no ante. Blinds 0.5 / 1.
FLOP · 37.5BB EFFECTIVE
FLOP · BB CHECKS
6-max table. Hero is BTN with 37.5 big blinds effective. FLOP: 8h, 6d, 2s. FLOP · BB CHECKS. Hero holds As and 6c.
Hand history
Pre-flop
Flop
You opened the button to 2.5bb, the small blind folded and the big blind called. The flop is 8♥ 6♦ 2♠ — rainbow, disconnected, no flush possible. You hold A♠6♣: middle pair with the best possible kicker. The big blind checks to you with 37.5bb behind.