another edition of How Many Bets?

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Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].

Live 2/4. Table is average. Villain in CO has been quiet. Probably something like 25/0, if that helps. I've only seen him bet when he has a hand (though obviously he calls a lot).

Limped pot, 5 ways.

Flop (5 SB): A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

HERO BETS, mp caller, co villain calls.

Turn (4 BB): 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

HERO BETS, mp folds, CO RAISES.

hero muses to himself, but loud enough for villain to hear, "if you had the flush, why didn't you raise the flop?" [pause for effect]

HERO 3BETS, CO CAPS, hero calls.

River (12 BB): 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

hero checks, CO BETS, HERO RAISES, CO 3BETS.

1. because the river began HU, there are now unlimited raises. how many bets are you going here? stop now? go to the felt? some other number?

2. i have never seen a post with math about this (probably because the situation is so rare). how often do you have to be ahead to put in the 5th bet? 7th? (this is maybe the kind of thing i should just look up in a statistics textbook)

3. i am well aware that the answer to "why didn't you raise the flop?" is because "omg i'm a fish and i flopped a flush SLOWPLAYAMENTS".