BB Defend River Bluff Line

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BB Defend River Bluff Line

Villain 22/12 with 50% Cbet over 83 hands

Winning Poker Network - 600/1,200 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

UTG+1: 65.53 BB
MP: 23.91 BB
CO: 91.74 BB
BTN: 34.15 BB
SB: 18.21 BB
Hero (BB): 19.48 BB
UTG: 21.04 BB

7 players post ante of 0.1 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.2 BB) Hero has Ah 6d
fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop : (5.2 BB, 2 players) 4s 4d Qh
Hero checks, CO bets 1.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Turn : (8.2 BB, 2 players) Td
Hero checks, CO checks

River : (8.2 BB, 2 players) 9s
Hero bets 3.9 BB...

Hey RIO,

Kind of looking for a line check here and I know there are lots of other options for us in the hand. Have been really thinking a lot about BB play lately since I've decided to jump on the bandwagon and defend with napkins in most spots. If we're gonna be defending BB super wide I think we have to be aggressively taking spots and bluffing at pots whenever it's profitable (this hand isn't a great example since it's a really good board to go after). My questions are:

-How do you like this line? Villain is going to be c-betting a ton here esp. vs a BB defend. I think that chck/raise flop is an OK option but vs. competent opponents it seems bad since we don't really rep much and decent players can probably rebluff with a good frequency, or just bet/call and take a stab later.

-What are the other options? Chk/raise flop doesn't seem that good. I think chk/call flop then lead turn is pretty good, but we also rep a lot of hands that are still draws and have their equities improved on the turn. We can lead turn and then bomb lots of rivers (like any diamond, J,K,9) and can chk/call A rivers. I think leading turn is fairly attractive and may be better than taking the chk turn bet river line.

-As played, I like leading river given the positional dynamic and all other factors. Our line doesn't rep a ton of value combos, but I think villain's range is pretty weak here too- they are going to be cbetting near 100% in my estimation and when they chk back turn probably have a ton of air. I guess I'm wondering if you guys think leading turn is better. Thx for reading!

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