Eric: The following hand got me to thinking about this question. When we flop top pair (let's say Aces with good kicker) + are deep stacked vs one villain who check raises our c-bet, our general strategy is to fold due to reverse implied odds when more money can go in on later streets and Villain's draws can potentially hit.
I played this hand last night:
Tournament, online, Villain (weak, loose player, 51BB) limps from MP2; Hero on button (50BB) with AcQh raises to 4BB, folds to MP2 who calls. (Pot = 10.5BB; ES = 46BB).
Flop: AdKc4c, MP2 checks, Hero bets 6BB, MP2 shoves. Hero calls his remaining 40BB realizing a pot equity of 39%.
Hero puts Villain on a shoving range of A4, 2-gapped/1-gapped and suited club connectors, Qc8c. This gives Hero a hand equity of 53% making call correct.
So, there is an inflection point between these two scenarios (call vs fold with top pair to a check-raise). Other than going through numerous stack size, raise sizes, board textures, and villain range tendencies; do you have any wise words of wisdom (short cut thinking) at the table of when you know it is a fold and when you know it is a call after the check raise?
Don