[Albert Moulton]

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Check/call up to a pot-sized bet to induce a bluff from a missed draw or some other hand worse than yours that might stab at the river.

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but what are these hands you expect to bet? 9T is there, and hearts often make some sort of move before now.

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AK, AT, KTs, some kind of air looking to play phantom outs of any heart and/or any straight-card, like the 8.

I realize that is pretty slim, but my kneejerk reaction after reraise/bet/bet is to check/call the river. It usually works pretty well, but I can see your point.

So, after looking over the thread, bet/fold is probably better in this particular hand since a hand like top pair will call on this board, and pretty much only better hands will raise - while those top pair hands will probably check behind on the river if you check.