Two hands 1/2 6-max Line checks

Hand #1: Good river bluff? Villain is solid thinking player.

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MP ($316.53)
CO ($90.70)
Hero ($194.60)
SB ($198)
BB ($267.64)
UTG ($169)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A:spade:, 9:club:. SB posts a blind of $1.
3 folds, Hero raises to $6, SB (poster) calls $5, 1 fold.

Flop: ($14) 3:club:, J:diamond:, 5:club: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($14) T:club: (2 players)
SB bets $4, Hero calls $4.

River: ($22) K:spade: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $15???

Hand #2: Standard?
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CO ($117)
Hero ($193.70)
SB ($99.45)
BB ($186.40)
UTG ($131.63)
MP ($178)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T:heart:, 7:heart:. SB posts a blind of $1.
2 folds, CO calls $2, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, CO calls $5.

Flop: ($17) A:heart:, 2:heart:, T:spade: (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $15, CO raises all-in, Hero calls $95.

Turn: ($127) Q:club: (2 players)

River: ($127) T:club: (2 players)

Final Pot: $127

hand 1:

are you trying to rep the K there? did you have him on A or K of clubs? from his perspective, i see you check flop, call a weak raise on the turn, and then all of a sudden you're interested in the hand when the K of spades comes? i feel like he probably called w/ a 10 or something to take it down. i don't see that being a good bet very often. maybe you saw something in his patterns of respect that gave you an edge.

hand2: you probably won this pot, but i think you called his all in while behind. i don't have a problem if he lead out there and then YOU pushed over the top of HIM, because you did have several outs, presumably. but to call that seems like you're behind most of the time. switch seats w/ him and it's fine. you might be able to call if you also had an OESD in addtion to the flush and paired board, but even then you'd still be behind for the money.

I think since you were so passive on hand 1, it's not worth a bluff on the river. The flop and the turn are where you can get him off the hand.

Hand 2: If he has a set, you are way behind. If he has KJh you are a slight dog. If he has any Ace, you are a coinflip at best. Like alias mentions, if you were pushing it's different because fold equity and the fact that he's not the aggressor. I thought this play was closer until I ran the numbers.

Results:
Hand #1: he folded after long deliberation
Hand #2: he showed A2 for top and bottom two pair (im behind 60-40, so I had pot odds to call) and I took it down.

Is there a reason you played so passively in hand 1, especially after raising preflop and getting check to?

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Originally Posted by r8ed

Is there a reason you played so passively in hand 1, especially after raising preflop and getting check to?

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Because raise + c-bet every hand is exploitable.

Hand 1 I thought was OK, repping slowplayed flush. I think you can take the opposite line of bet flop bet turn check river as well.

Hand 2... is my math screwy? How is 95 to win 125 3:2? 1.3:1. I guess it's not that bad.
At first I hated this because I thought that you could be drawing dead... but you can't be since you have the Th. This is a thin call but +EV because you are ahead of the NFD and hands like 99 played by morons.