People don't bet 5k on the river very often... At least not in casinos where 5-10 1k cap is usually the biggest game going. Tonight it's 5-10-20 no cap- both hero and villain demand this structure when they come in, and most all the respectable gambler regs who appreciate the action (aka double ups) and banter that will be provided usually snap oblige.
Villain is a rich aggro rec player who has been running insane. He's not afraid to bet on a long shot if you know what I mean, and the long shots having been coming in at a high frequency for a while now
. He has crushed hero lately with this strategy and he also offers sick juice on big flips with hero, but the juice never matters because he's undefeated. All that aside, he really likes playing with/battling hero.
Hero is me. Stuck but not steaming. Playing a little more solid than usual because the game is already wide open...
Effective stacks ~ 17k.
Hero opens 88 in lp to 60 and only villain calls from the 20 blind. Flop 863r. Villain check/calls 100. Pot is ~ 330. Turn is 2 (now there are 2 diamonds). Villain c/r 280 to 720. Hero calls. Pot is ~ 1770. River 5 (no flush), so 86325. Villain bets 5k.
Villain knows hero can/will call light in general, and so he has value bet semi-light kind of big in the past (otherwise this would be a snap fold prob), but honestly I can't recall a time when he bluffed a large amount (aside from semi-bluffs pre river). I imagine he has it in him though.
What are you gonna do?