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CoolWhipFlea said:

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When the CO player called my flop bet, I wasn't really worrie too much about his holdings. Either he had a REALLY weak hand here, or I was totally crushed. So, I fired another bullet on the turn of $4, really just to see if I was good. I figured a couple of things, I still have a pair, but it probably isn't good. The only wat that the 7 helps him is if he has 77, in which case, a call here or a raise is possible. It could have given him a straight draw as well with a hand like 9T, but I didn't think that he would be drawing to that kind of a hand by calling the flop. I was pretty confident that my opponent had either A8, or JJ, or possibly even a weaker flush draw, which was also very likely. So by firing a bet here, I could sell that I have a hand, and possibly even convince him that I hit the Queen. So I continued firing half the pot, and he called it, as I suspected he would.

But when the river card hit, it changed my thinking a little bit, because TT is also a possible holding here. Also, there is the potential of him having a straight now with J9 or 96, if he was chasing the flush with those two hands.

With the Ts on the river, I only have a pair of 5's with an Ace kicker, and I no longer love my hand. What do you do?

With the T of spades on the river, I hated my hand. What do you do in this situation? There's now $16 in the pot, and you're first to act.