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You make a good point as always Bilbo, however the way the hand is played, it would appear that hero believes his hand is only good as a bluff. In that case, he pretty much has to bet the flop in order to salvage any bluff value he may believe he has.

For the record, I’m with you on the value of a bluff catcher being to catch bluffs, however (and perhaps I misinterpreted) I think what hero really meant is that his hand post flop is only good as a bluff (as if he truly believed it to be a bluff catcher, he would have simply called the river against any opponent with some semblance of hand reading skills).


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He only made this assessment after villain lead both the turn and the river. Obviously if villain leads turn and checks river he would expect his hand to be good. I don't think this is the correct assessment but I'm pretty sure op considered his hand a bluff catcher on the flop/turn and then on the river decided he had no showdown value.