A♦5♦ BTN vs BB, river on K♠ T♥ 7♠ 6♣ 2♠, 55 bb
The spot
- You: BTN
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: A♦5♦
- Board: K♠ T♥ 7♠ 6♣ 2♠
- Effective stack: 55 bb
- Pot: 30 bb
Flop c‑bet called, turn checks through, river checks to hero.
Best river option?
See the answer
Best play: Check back
Why
The river brings a third spade completing the flush, and A♦5♦ holds no spade, so it cannot block the nuts; a jam mostly folds out worse and gets called by the flushes it cannot deny, making a check back the higher-EV default.
Key idea
Before jamming as a bluff into a completed flush, confirm you actually hold the blocker the line requires.