I blanked the river and bet out. I felt like villains range was heavily weighted towards 77 or 99 with no hearts, and I was folding to a raise.
Since my 6th & 7th street cards were so bad I certainly don't have two pair (from my opponents point of view), so either I had two Kings or maybe a broadway draw I took a shot at on 6th street trying to get (23)2 to fold.
Or maybe I had (33) J and he feels his 7s might be good. If he makes 2 pair I'm losing one bet anyway, and I think he bluff raises close to never.
He called and I announced two jacks as if they were good (pleasepleaseplease) and they were, JJ takes the pot.
I want to thank everyone who participated in this thread, stud is a dying game (dead in most places), but I'll play it as long as there is a game.
I found this hand interesting because I thought every street had options, by one or both players, and the way I played it was just one of those ways.
In fact, I discussed this hand with a player I consider to be an excellent 7-stud player, and he said he would have: 3-bet third, led 4th, checked 5th, bet 6th and check/called 7th. Maybe I got too fancy, or maybe I had a soul read, but either way the hand was fun to play.
(Unless he makes 7s & 2s on the river and I never post this.
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