Check-raise
A check-raise is checking and then raising after an opponent bets on the same street.
It is the strongest move available out of position. It is used for value with very strong hands and as a semi-bluff with draws.
Because it puts a lot of money in the pot, a check-raise range that is only bluffs or only strong hands is easy to play against.
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Practise decisions like this in the trainer: ten hands at a time, with the answer and the reason.