K♠T♠ BB vs BTN, river on Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣, 75 bb
The spot
- You: BB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: K♠T♠
- Board: Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣
- Effective stack: 75 bb
- Pot: 23 bb
River checks to hero after two-street sequence.
Best river decision in baseline?
See the answer
Best play: Bet 40% pot
Why
River on Q‑T‑7‑2‑2 with three clubs out: your K-spades-T-spades is two pair, tens and deuces, king kicker. As BB out of position into the button you lead small because a 40 percent bet gets thin value from missed straight draws, weaker tens and seven-x while keeping the pot controllable against the clubs and Q-x that beat you. Small sizing is the disciplined way to extract from worse without bloating the pot when called by better.
Key idea
Thin value on a scary paired-flush river uses small sizing to get called by worse without committing.
Common mistake
Checking back two pair that still beats many bluffs and worse pairs and missing the thin value.