Wanted to have a discussion about bluffraising river in small pots. A pattern i have noticed a lot when i am in position and being the PF agressor, is when villain C/C's my cbet on flop and i check behind him on turn for a free card, villain then leads around 45-60% of the pot on river. I think a lot of the time this is because villain perceives weakness in my holdings when i check behind on turn. When we dont have showdown value, we can either fold or bluffraise when villain leads river.

Obviously we fold a fair amount of the time here, but which scenarios is it profitable to bluffraise. I am looking for spots where:

1) it is unlikely that river card improves villain
2) it is plausible that rivercard improved my holding OR
3) it is plausible that i slowplayed a monster on turn for value.

Below a few examples where i have tried to put this in practice. Would like opinions on the specific hands, and the concept in general.





[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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CO: $23.75 (148.4 bb)
BTN: $12.34 (77.1 bb)
SB: $28.60 (178.8 bb)
BB: $27.80 (173.8 bb)
UTG: $28.81 (180.1 bb)
Hero (MP): $17.10 (106.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K Q
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.48, 3 folds, BB calls $0.32

Flop: ($1.04) T 7 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.65, BB calls $0.65

Turn: ($2.34) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.34) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $1.11, Hero raises to $3.20, [color="grey"]





[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
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BTN: $16.25 (101.6 bb)
SB: $14.05 (87.8 bb)
Hero (BB): $16 (100 bb)
MP: $31.78 (198.6 bb)
CO: $24.01 (150.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A 7
3 folds, SB completes, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.32) 6 4 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.32, SB calls $0.32

Turn: ($0.96) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.64, SB calls $0.64

River: ($2.24) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $2.14, Hero raises to $5.92, [color="grey"]






[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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BB: $17.85 (111.6 bb)
UTG: $13.28 (83 bb)
MP: $19.82 (123.9 bb)
CO: $16.16 (101 bb)
Hero (BTN): $16.50 (103.1 bb)
SB: $31.36 (196 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with J A
2 folds, CO raises to $0.48, Hero calls $0.48, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.20) 6 7 7 (2 players)
CO bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.80) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.80) T (2 players)
CO bets $1.28, Hero raises to $4.48, CO folds

would help greatly if you posted villain's stats here; pre and post flop.

H1 and 3 seem bad because you don't really rep much and have bad blockers etc

H2 you can rep all sorts but it's vs a fish and you have double blockers to some of his bluffrange