[milesdyson]

stellar: people saying to take a free showdown are thinking (i assume) that this player perhaps will be calling flop and turn bets with a hand like KJ[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] or Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J. sure our equity is sky high, but the fact remains that a river bet becomes sketchy because he won't call with much we beat, and he most likely caps JJ and QQ so those should be discounted when we speak of river value betting.

it would seem that the way you played this hand only allows for two big bets to be put in postflop when he actually has an ace.