Re: Blind war w/ a 2+2\'er
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FWIW, he had 7 7 and spewed IMO.
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This worked out well for you but also illustrates the problems with the river bet.
Your river bet did not pass the sniff test. He was able to work out that your line of play probably represented a pair <= eights and not the nine that it superficially appeared to be. Now he has to decide how likely you are to have the eight as opposed to an even smaller pair. Sadly for him he misjudged (this time) although maybe his play is actually correct. I'm not really certain about your actual hand range so perhaps from his perspective the river raise is a favorite.
Anyway it's pretty clear from his raise that all you had to do was checkcall to collect a safe bet from almost every hand that would call your river bet. If his hand is slightly worse your bet gains nothing while if his hand is slightly better you lose a bet.
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