AA and I didn't bet river

[checkmate36]

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, Button folds, SB calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 folds, SB calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

VS moneybag I didn't bet this river. How big of a mistake is this river? Im not sure he would call if I bet so I checked it. VS fish this gets bet all day long.

Final Pot: 7.50 BB

[David04]

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Im not sure he would call if I bet so I checked it.

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This is dumb. If you are OOP, this is different because checking may induce a bluff, but you always, ALWAYS have to bet this river, even if there is a .01% chance he will call.

[bottomset]

easy bet

[apaugust]

This is a very easy river bet... He probably had something like KQ and would have given you another call.

[VoraciousReader]

{grunch}
I'd say you missed a bet here. This looks like a Kx calling you down with top pair after getting raised on the flop. Could easily be a missed flush draw, too, in which case you won't get called. But I'd throw one out there anyway.

[checkmate36]

Next time I will bet this river. Thanks for the thoughts.

[Russ McGinley]

The only way I don't bet this is if he open-folds on the river. OOP, if you think he's got a busted flush draw, you might think about checking to induce a bluff. Otherwise, I bet this river 100% of the time.

[Aaron W.]

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VS moneybag I didn't bet this river. How big of a mistake is this river? Im not sure he would call if I bet so I checked it. VS fish this gets bet all day long.

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You're making a huge mistake.

What happens if you bet and he folds? It's the same as when you check behind.
What happens if you bet and he calls? You do better than checking behind.

So you've taken the option that does worse in some situations and no better in others.

(River check-raise? It's rare enough to be of little concern.)

[Rev. Good Will]

he was probably calling down with a decent K, you should've bet

[checkmate36]

He had KTs and I missed a bet on river as he would have probably called my bet.