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Nick and others have pretty much nailed this hand. The preflop call is routine, on the flop I pause for a second to see if Brad was telegraphing his action, which he never does, and then quickly counted the pot, gave myself the best hand like 25-35% of the time and 4-6 outs when I'm behind, and called. When Brad just calls my plan for the rest of the hand is clear. The turn bet is to force a bet in and ensure I get value out of a flush draw. On the river, I'll just say that against this button the fold is easy and standard. I've played with her a lot and she's never value betting a worse hand nor is she bluffing. There are a couple others I will fold as well, and I think the important thing to take away from the river action is figuring out who those players are.