2/3 300 max game.

V: MP, $500. Older Asian man. I’ve been at the table for 1 orbit and all I’ve seen him do is take it down pre from MP with a $25 raise over 2 limpers.

H: SB, $300. Young white guy. New to to table, probably neutral/passive image since the only hand I’ve played was a call pre and fold to a c-bet.

Folds to V in MP who makes it $7. Standard open in this game is $15, so this feels weird. Folds to H in SB who makes it $27 with red KK. Only V calls. I think his range at this point is 55-JJ, AJs, AQ, and maybe some other suited broadways. I would expect QQ+ and AK to 4 bet me here.

Flop 7c7s9s, pot is $51 after rake. I bet $40, V quickly calls. I think this removes unpaired offsuit broadway hands and underpairs from his range. I think any 7x or 99 would raise here. He could also have any broadway spades.

Turn 2s, pot is $131. The quick flop call makes me worried he has a spade draw that got there (is this just MUBS?), so I check. V bets $75. I’m thinking he either has the flush (which I have outs against) or an overpair (which I’m almost certainly ahead of considering no 4b pre), so I call.

River 2d, pot is $281. Hero?

River is always a check after check/calling the turn.

Flop bet is pretty big.

I would definitey keep betting the turn if you had sized smaller on the flop. It's hard to make a flush and he still has 88-QQ that will call, especially if they have a spade. When you 80% the flop not sure which option is better now.

Thanks for responding. What kind of size would you use and the flop and why? I know small flop bets are usually a good idea on dry boards, do you consider this board dry? My first thought was no, due to possible straight draws and flush draws, but I guess it's mostly middling cards and it doesn't really hit anyone's calling-3b range.

What size bets are we calling after checking the river? We're never check-raising, right?

If you are c-betting your entire range on theirs flop which is most people,
It isn’t big.

The pre-flop action is weird. Flop bet is a little big, but not too bad.

Vs. one player, we shouldn't be too concerned about 99 or a 7, but it's possible. His quick call seems like a draw, so turn is tough.

River is a check/decide. An older Asian man could have it in him to three-barrel bluff, so try to get him to show (but don't show your hand!). I probably fold to a decent river bet.

I think you can check river with the intention of ch/f. It's just hard to find something that takes this line that you beat. All the smaller pairs check back for SDV, so when he bets he's weighted to flushes that got there and some wacky trips. It's worth noting that you don't block any reasonable spade combos and neither does the board -- he has all the suited A-spades and all the suited broadway spades that easily would have called a flop bet. If you think he likely wouldn't open / call the 3! with these hands, then maybe we can find a crying call, but this line just looks like a flush draw, and how much total air does he really have that can take this line? He floated flop with AsQx and then barrels turn and river? I think you have to lay this down.