Re: T9s, a hand v Hobbs.
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Copincidentally, Hobbs is sitting to my right here.
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I think you mean your left -- he's UTG+1, acting after you, correct?
Anyway, I guess I'm alone in preferring a check-call on this river. He may often see your river bet as a blocking bet, intending to fold to a raise. So that makes me skittish about bet/folding. But most of the time he raises this river you're behind, so bet/call doesn't seem desirable.
Checking allows him to do what Hobbs does best -- value bet his ass off. This guy will value bet a needle into the head of a pin. Let him do it, then snap it off with your top 2. If he has you beat, you lose 1 BB. If not, he slaps himself for not taking the free showdown.
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I like this because I think he bets when checked to nearly all the time. You appear to have a busted draw, and you let him do your value betting for you.
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