Quote Originally Posted by Mpettit2 View Post
I agree with checking the river also


There is no point in betting the river it does nothing for you and gives you NO value. He is not folding anything better than AQ and if he calls he is going to have AQ beat. Your better off just checking and seeing his hand. Your hand has a lot more showdown value then betting the river.
But how can you call a hypothetical river bet by him which would be less than pot sized but not bet 4 value? I guess I may have folded if he had shoved the river because I would have found it difficult for him to find a bluff. Having said all that I feel it is closer than I initially thought. All in all, I just got unlucky. I was musing to myself," is folding pre flop actually a viable/optimal play given the action and stack sizes."