3/6 River Decision

[RandomUser]

Betting out on 5th lets villain have the opportunity to push you off of your hand.

Are you going to call with naked As at that point, knowing it will cost you 3BB to get to showdown?

And if villain does raise, you have gained no information at all. He could have the flush, he could pair+4flush, he could have hidden set, he could have absolute crap and raising solely on his board.

And if you do call, he can assume that you probably have As up and play accordingly (or, of course, that you don't believe he has a made hand).

It also lets him take control of aggression in the hand and take advantage of whatever cards fall on 6th street.

I win a lot of pots on 5th street raising unmade hands with scary boards simply for the reason that most players would rather abandon their big pair rather than pay an additional 3BB to find out if I was telling the truth or not.

And when they do call my raise on 5th street and I get a scare card on 6th, they will often surrender then as well.