Re: Let\'s talk about Way Ahead/Way Behind (rather long)
I really disagree with your analysis of villian's play, he does not sound "tight passive" or a "nut peddler" to me, he sounds like a pure "level 1 thinking donk".
I don't know how you can discount the possibility that he would call with a T9s or a 65s deep-stacked (100 BBs) in-position. Nut peddlers love this because of the times they hit their hands big and get paid off.
I agree with others that you played this poorly. You were fortunate that he played it even more poorly. Everything through the flop is reasonable. I think adanthar's play of check-raising the turn is your best bet --- sure, you might be beat here, but odds are you aren't --- and most donks are going to commit their whole stack with KQ,QJ,QT, or Q9 --- and no tight player is going to call your raise preflop with any lower kicker to their queen. Sure, he will then fold his non-set pairs below JJ, but normally you aren't going to get any more money out of them anyway. This was a fluke that he bet the river with TT, even most donks won't do that. Certainly, his turn bet screams donk as well --- he has no idea where he is at, and won't find out by betting here. His correct play deep-stacked is to call your flop bet (which may not mean anything), check behind on the turn, and probably call a small bet on the river (but certainly check if it is checked to him). If he plays it well, you win very little with your hand.
If you played it check-call on the turn, you HAVE to bet the river. Otherwise, 90% of the time that you have him beat it will be checked behind, especially if you don't think he is on a draw.
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