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"I would have bet the turn. You might get your opponent to fold a better hand (pair of sevens with a better kicker or a pair of tens) and if you are checkraised he probably has the flush himself and you can safely fold."

--This is exactly where the lack of a read comes in. At this point, I had no idea whether my opponent was capable of folding there, or if he was yet another hopeless calling station playing 1/2.

Thing is, I felt very confident that I was behind at this point. The best I could hope for was a weak ten, and even that wasn't a guaranteed fold from my opponent. I decided that I likely had outs (any non-heart 7, 8, or 9), so I'd see what developed.

Yes, I was prepared to fold on the river. The coin flip is, should I have bet that river while clearly holding the worst hand?