Playing 2/5. IÂ’m sitting with $1400.

I open to 25 after one limp with As10c in HJ. All remaining players call.

150 in middle going to a flop of KJ3 one spade. Checks around.

Turn Q of spades. Checks to me. I fire 125. Button calls. Remaining players fold.

400 in middle going to a river 2 of spades.
HereÂ’s where I make a mistake. When making the bet I thought I had the 10 of spades and ace of clubs so I go ahead and bet 250$ to get value from hands like 910 and two pair. If I knew I had the ace of spades I wouldÂ’ve opted to check as I can now turn my hand into a bluff by check jamming river in case he made a small flush which this player is capable of bet folding with my tight image. If I opted to check and he bet 300. I can surely just call and beat 910 and hands like 1010 for bluffs but just in case he made some flush I have the perfect stack size to jam about 1k more to his bet and heÂ’s likely fold.

Anyways I end up betting 225$ and he jams his stack. I know all theory based poker will say I have to call here because I have the ace of spades and the hand makes no sense but IÂ’ve seen this particular player overvalue his hands often so he is capable of having some flushes here especially since my turn and river sizing just looks like I have two pair. I tank forever and fold bc I just think heÂ’s overvaluing a flush and has one. I just can barely find any bluffs in this spot. What are his bluffs IÂ’m saying to myself and I canÂ’t seem to find one. So I fold and he rolls over two red 10s for a bluff.

So if the river is a blank non spade, i just snap him off and double through him as he was planning to use his 10 blockers all along. The thing that makes this hand annoying is that the river changes everything so him using two red 10s as blockers to continue his plan to bluff in my opinion is borderline kahmakazee. He should shut his bluffs down once board texture changes so dramatically with flushes coming in. He didnÂ’t even have the 10 of spades.


Is my thinking throughout this hand flawed?
Suggestions please.