[Tyler Reading]

You obviously got max value.

I can get behind a check on the turn in position, but there aren’t too many rivers that are good for your action. An A, K, Q would hit your perceived range a lot harder than his so it would be tough to get a crying call from hands like his exact hand. A 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 are all rivers where you don’t really know where you’re at; with a pair and straight draw likely holdings of the SB. Luckily for you he showed up with a hand you could beat on this occasion but if you check and face a shove on the river for what would have been $160 into $175, it’s hard to find a call.

So I think with your stack size the most optimal play is to shove the turn. Yes, you might miss value from a lot of gutshot + pair draws, gutshot + backdoor flush draws, open enders but I think on such a wet board you have to decide to go with your hand because the $75 bet on the turn is a bet where if called you’re getting almost 4:1 on the river when he puts you all in so you can’t fold.

Let me know what you think

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