[ethan]

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i'd say this is terrible.

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Fair enough.

Just to be clear, I'm certainly not raising this river for value. Once the turn came I knew I was very unlikely to win without a successful bluff, and if he put any more money in the pot my chances of winning a showdown were about 0.

This opponent had shown that he was willing to see monsters under the bed, and if he's going to do that this is a great board for him to do so. That's why I tried the play. I'm trying to incorporate more bluffing/aggressiveness into my game, and a lot of that is working on picking my spots.

Also note that he didn't raise the river, he bet it as I'd assumed he would.