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Originally Posted by 4erkez
Let's talk little bit about bet sizing to better set up this spot for discussion. As 9 didn't improve my range it means I would want to continue betting small, probably 1/3 pot. And if we bet 33%, then villain definitely wouldn't fold flush draw. It means that not having h in our hand doesn't have immediate merit, but has merit on the river. Does it mean we would start eliminating h hands on the turn?
You are still uncapped on the turn and in general your range should be getting more polar which means your bets should be getting larger street by street. The only time this probably doesn't hold true is when the equity significantly shifts in your opponent's favor.
Because of that I don't think 1/3 pot is a good sizing here on the turn. I suppose you could support that sizing and a larger sizing but you would have to start mixing with your best hands and it seems like too complex of a strategy for probably very little EV gain.
To answer the second part of your question just consider where your heart draws end up when you get to the turn. Of all of the junk you bet the flop with, they have probably moved on the edge of your bluffing range into your checking range equity wise because they don't loose equity as quickly as say gutters, random overs, etc. In reality your probably mixing hearts some percentage of the time so that you can have nut hands when your draw comes in on the river.