Not sure why I checked the river?!?

[SeaBass]

2/5, 1000$ eff, 7 handed, utg limps, MP opens to 25$, button calls, im in sb with AcQs and decided to 3bet to 115$, MP calls and we’re heads up, flop is 652chc, with the backdoor flushdraw, 2 overs I decided to cbet 125$, intending on barreling any club A-K-Q, he calls, turn is the best card in the deck, Qc, I can’t imagine him having many flush in this spot probably just JT-T9-98-87 and he may play 87 and 98 more aggressively on the flop. Anyways, I bet 240$ and he tank/called, river is the 4d and I checked, not because I thought I was beat but I thought it would be hard to get paid. The more I think about it the more I hate my check on the river, every hand that i beat will check back and the few that beats me will bet and I wasn’t gonna fold it anyways so…live and learn I guess. So river action we both check, I open he mucks

[John S]

I think this is one of those spots that a lot of people need to incorporate in their game (myself as well), the bet-fold. I understand where you’re coming from, hard to get called by worse (might get KQ w/ K of clubs to call, but are they calling the 3 bet and the flop bet?) and you’re never getting worse to fold, so why put more money into the pot?

Given the action, neither of you should have hit the flop at all or have the 3 for the straight at the end, so the only thing that beats you is the flush (which you block the nut flush, so how many combos does he really have? KJ, KT, JT, and maybe some lower suited connectors depending on the player) and maybe slow played KK. Mostly likely he’s got a middle pocket pair or maybe AxKc.

[SeaBass]

I think SOME of the times I will get called by JJ-77 that may consider hero-calling. And even if they never call that bet, there is value in not showing my hand and implied value because they will be annoyed by folding and they won’t do it all the time…meaning if I do this move over and over again, it will get called more often over time because of people fed up by you.

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