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Originally Posted by tmckendry
He's thinking about what I may have. He's a typical bad loose live player that overvalues top pair, check raises the turn, etc. He's not a drooler.
I suppose this hand is really hard to ask for advice on as its very villain dependent.
What struck me about this triple barrel was the river bet. On the surface, it doesn't really make sense, unless you are accustomed to betting the third street for "thin" value against this Villain, and even then it seems a fairly ambitious bluff.
Initially I thought you were representing an AJ+ hand on the flop and turn, and then CHANGED your perceived hand to a made flush on the river (I didn't realise that a combo A
x
also got there).
But, really either way the river "bluff" is a little too smart for its own good because you are trying to represent (1) a very narrow range with a made combo or (2) "thin" value to which only the most frustrated of villains will fold because they believe you are just milking them again (but generally they call our "thin" value bets if we size them correctly).
In all seriousness, this triple-barrel seems to be driven a little by "tilt", maybe because of the history between you and villain. You probably don't like losing to this guy, because you're a better player than him, but this board, in my opinion, didn't allow you to prove this point. Even if Villain did fold to your river bet, I don't like the play.
In the end, you had showdown value, so I favour a checked turn and definitely a checked river.