No real reads on villain. I just sat down. I failed to really consider my options on this river and was kicking myself for it for a while afterward.

yeah I'd just value bet and expect to get called be worse quite often, don't want to check and he checks behind us.

I'd be value betting too. I'd go for smaller tbh (but I have now been back to playing cards for just a week at PLO5) to get calls from everything.

Played well on all streets. The just under half pot sized bet on the river is perfect. If you were to get raised then re-evaluate.


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good bet

I think check plays better here. First, I think he has a lot more 865/QJT/Q7 other random garbage than smaller backdoor flushes he can call with. Second this isn't a great river for your range. Obviously your nut hands stay the nuts, but all your middling hands would rather just see a showdown, and your bluffing range is super narrow. Since this hand is kind of in between a hand that wants to see a showdown and a hand that wants to get stacks in, I think it plays better as a check to balance out your check/folds. In other words, when you play bet/bet/check on this board runout in general, he's going to to be in an excellent situation to value bet very thinly, bluff very often, and only take/give free showdowns when both bluffing and value betting are completely nonsensical. Third, if you bet the river big, you're definitely over-repping your hand. Only better calls and all worse folds. If you bet small, his unknown value and bluff raising ranges present a problem. With your 2 pair blockers, you might have to bluff catch vs a raise, but 4's full do make up a reasonable percentage of his overall river range, so you have to play guessing games as to how often he raises his hands that can't win by calling vs. some goofy 1/2 half pot river sizing.