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Thank you. And would you raise the river on the first hand?

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At these stake levels, and against a player with no history, probably yes. He'll pay a buck to look you up often enough to make up for the times when you're beat.

But your hand is pretty much an open book, so you need to be careful against a known good player. He could be planning a C/R on the river -- one big difference between this hand and the other is that in this hand you were the last aggressor before the river, so if he outdrew you, going for a check/raise would make a lot of sense.


So basically, this first hand I'd play situationally. Against an opponent who I know to be good, or in a tourney situation, I probably check behind. The lower the stakes, or the more unknown the opponent is, the more likely that I bet the river.