[cmyr]

he only has a half pot or so, but it's interesting. Even a total calling station has to be worried here, and might not call a push with the Khigh flush, although it doesn't look like you have a set if he's conscious. Since he might expect the nut flush to want to get to showdown, and since you've shown down a naked ace, he might read a river push as being a bluff that doesn't want to give up.

If he had 3 pair or something on the flop he might check-call the river but it would be weird.

It'd be good to know whether he's a dedicated calling station or whether he can be convinced that (say) a ten high flush is no good here. The more flushes he'll lay down the more you want to hold off the trigger, obv.

I think it's important in big pots to know when to check behind with a hand that you expect to win, but which won't be getting called very often by worse hands if you bet it... this might be one of those spots.


Pushing is easy and fun though, so there's always that. Thin value is the best kind.

hmm. It's a big pot, and there's alot of money to play. I might be tempted to value bet like $140 or something, but that's weird.