[BenzeneBird]

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This is a very bad river to call on btw.

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I was folding a blank river fwiw.

I usually check turn, but I was experimenting with a new style that session.

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So you're suggesting that the river queen allowed him to bluff more easily, increasing the chances of his float defence being carried through on the river?

personally, I like the marginal bet on the turn, it reminds me of whitelime's post on achieving deception (among other things) through playing aggressively with small hands with showdown value, ones that are typically played with pot control in mind. Although, it actually makes this hand more difficult to play because floating here may have presumably inspired a bluff from villian. I suppose used in this particular instance you need to be able to pick off the villians bluffs with confidence.

So does the queen of hearts increase the chances of a bluff, more so then the chance that he has now connected and is value betting?

I assume because you were folding a blank river, jman, that you believe the former?

...or is there some other reason you were calling a blank river that I'm completely overlooking?