A♠Q♦ CO vs BB, river on Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣, 85 bb
The spot
- You: CO
- Opponent: BB
- Your hand: A♠Q♦
- Board: Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣
- Effective stack: 85 bb
- Pot: 17 bb
This river node requires thin value and bluff‑catch discipline.
Choose the highest-EV river action.
See the answer
Best play: Bet 40% pot
Why
Final board Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣: the board paired the deuce, so made hands are Q-x and T-x two pair, plus the rare flush/straight; BB's range holds many worse queens, tens and missed clubs. Hero is IN POSITION with A♠Q♦ = top pair (queens) with the top ace kicker, the best non-two-pair holding. A small 40% bet is correct thin value: it gets called by worse Q-x and second pair T-x that cannot fold to a small price, while a larger size would only fold those out and isolate hero against better.
Key idea
Pick a small size to extract from worse one-pair hands that fold to a big bet but call a cheap one.
Common mistake
Overbetting a one-pair value hand and folding out the worse pairs that would have paid a small bet.