Re: metagame BET/CALL (payoff)
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ok i was afraid that if the table saw me bet fold the river on an innocuous looking 5 that i would get [censored] with all day long. guess not
funny thing is b/c doc and i have a history together (knows me as straightforward etc) i think the expert play here would be to 3 bet as a bluff. i doubt he calls with A5 in that spot.
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I dunno.. if he never bluffs big streets he's probably not going to fold to your r/r. Plus, if he was the BB (not sure from your post) then he could conceivably hold 55 and boated up on the river. His river raise makes more sense that way, based on your description of him.
And on the meta-game issue, if you're a showdown monkey like me you actually don't mind river folding once in a blue moon when necessary. If you usually get to the river with the best hand then their impression of you as weak will be proven mistaken later.
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