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Originally Posted by YanasaurBBQ
Hand 1 - bet something ridiculous like 15 to induce him to bluff. Checking makes it easy to check back with weak clubs for him, betting big makes it easy to fold. Sometimes you can get someone to go crazy by betting a ridiculous small size.
Maybe if hero took a different line, but not the way this was played. If hero bet turn, then bets river stupid-small, maybe V blasts off with worse value or a bluff.
Hero raised pre, then bets full pot into 2 opponents on this wet flop, then checks turn when the flush comes in. It looks like he was trying to take it down on the flop, then got scared and shut it down on the turn.
A big bet on the flop and a big bet on the river, taking a bet-check-bet river line on a four-flush board might look fishy enough to get called, but a small bet after checking turn just looks like thick value trying to induce a raise.
A small bet here isn't getting spaz-raised as a bluff when there are four clubs on board, hero has the Ac in his hand, and the Qc, Jc, and Tc are on board. V either has KXcc (possibly K9cc for the straight flush), or he flopped or turned 1P-2P. Maybe we can get called by K9 of some other suit, or QT maybe.
We're hoping V hero-calls with a worse flush or anything else that was strong enough to call flop but not strong enough to bet turn. As described, and as played, V can have a lot of 2P and worse value hands here (worse than our nut flush), and might level himself into a hero call.
If V has K9cc and slow-played the turn, we're just getting stacked. We should pray he jams worse KXcc.
Doubtful any bet gets called, much less raised, which is why I would have kept betting the turn. Once we check turn, all we can do when we get there on the river is bet big to polarize to the nuts or a bluff.