Quote Originally Posted by littleogre
Also the hand in the op brings up a question i have been meaning to ask. Was watching a vid at pokertube the other day and 2 dudes played a hand. The flop was paired and the 1st to act lead out with a pair in the hole. The announcer said this was a terrible play. He said that you should always check a pair in that spot. Ok why ?
OK that's not enough information
for me anyway

did he have an overpair? smaller pair than the non-paired card? Bigger pair than the non-paired card?