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Originally Posted by WereBeer
I probably x/c flop but as played would either bet/fold river pretty big or x/c if villain is an habitual bluffer. You're obviously at top of your range for a hand you didn't bomb with. Really the only bad mistake you can make now is x/f to anything smaller than a pot sized bet.
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1) Not x/c this Flop too often, but that may be the difference between live and online and/or my player pool. If someone wants to raise me here on the Flop I'm more than ready to tangle with them. The only way that happens is by leading out.
2) I probably bet the Turn (not as often as I bet the Flop) as well for the reasons stated above. There are even more 1-card winners available should a Q or J hit the River. It sucks if they hit the board because you most likely need to x/f to a River bet, but at least you're making them pay. You actually pick up value from hands that may have folded to a blank on the Turn. I'm less likely to expect a call from a worse hand on the River after I 4-barrel so lets get some value on Turn and x/c the River 'safely'.
3) AP ... This is a x/c spot so you can get to showdown, but it's close. It's OK to go for some value here, but you avoid getting raised and offer some bluffs. This comes down to an image thing ... both yours and V's. If you think you can get value 'most' of the time from Ax hands with a small bet, then great. (And you will get Ax to call more Rivers by checking the Turn.) But if you have a tight image then V's calling range is much smaller and you can almost never call a raise.
Nice hand .. These stink but the more you are up against them the more comfortable they become. It's hard to flop a flush. The one thing I consistently see is that Pros don't really worry as much about straights and flushes as 'we' do ... but they also can a be more 'comfortable' about their opponents range too .. IMO. GL