[NYplayer]

On the river I had to try and put him on a hand where he figured he could beat me. He's not raising to get me to fold. Given the way i played what hands can he put me on that he still feels confident he beats. 8h7h beats me for sure, but can i put him on enough other hands to make a raise worth while? Given that I have the Ah there are many 2 pair hands he could have putting me on a hand like AhKh or AhQh. He's got to figure i might give the same big action with that draw and then improvement to top pair on the turn. He could have Th9h, giving him a huge flop and then maybe he tried to scare me out on turn and improved to 2 pair on river. i think it's more likely that he has TT or 66 or 44 that convinced himself to slowdown on turn and then thought about getting an extra bet out of AT or Ah with another big heart. It's also hard to put him on 87 since there's no bluff half of a semi bluff on the turn and given the 5 bets on the flop i'm clearly not folding the turn. Anyway, i 3 bet, he 4 bet and I called. He had 8s7s. I think he clearly over played his hand and that I had to pay off the river. 5 betting is also imprudent given the action.
I posted this hand because i got stuck waiting for my brother at the gym and had 10 minutes with nothing to do but think about this hand. I started to wonder if I lost 2 more bb on the river than I should have. My gut told me to 3 bet at the time and it's nice to see that just calling the river raise isn't and obvious or even correct play.