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EVG,
Our line looks crazy weak so we get money from all kinds of crap that checks behind if we bet.

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Obviously, checking the river is not optimal under normal circumstances but if hero has been c-betting villain off pots, has shown down weakish hands elsewhere etc. etc. to the extent that he feels that he's check folding anything other than a runnered straight here and folds a runnered straight to a push, then check call may be better than bet/ fold. Personally, I wouldn't think this deeply about it. If I've put villain on K or better after the flop, then I just get it in with my straight and berate myself for being a dumb mf. But I think that if we can really consider bet/folding a pot this large, we should at least consider check-calling. And I diagree that villain checks behind very often on the river with anything he's gone this far with very often. I probably check-raise though if I take this line so I'm toast either way.