NL50: Valuebet at river with TPMK

[Chomp]

Not opening ATo here is a sin IMO.

And I can't really understand why so many people want to bet turn. We are never getting 2 streets of value here, so if villain is more likely to call 1 street, it's surely going to be the river. In addition, we can't really be too concerned about protection - maybe cards that make the 78 str8 or 5-outers, but meh, that's not a huge headache.

So I play it like OP, except bet maybe $7 - $7.75 on river and hope to get a call some of the time. I'd fold to any cr. Calling a river donk would depend on bet size.

[Aquadougs]

Thank you!

I thought a turncheck would induce a bluff from this river-aggro type, which I could call.

Should I ever bet smaller than half the pot at river? Is "at least half the pot" a good standard (especially against unknowns), even if it is a bluff, inducebluff or valuebet, independent of the texture?

I bet that small because I thought that a bigger bet would scare away the middle pairs.