J♦J♣ BB vs BTN, river on Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣, 65 bb
The spot
- You: BB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: J♦J♣
- Board: Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣
- Effective stack: 65 bb
- Pot: 23 bb
This river node requires thin value and bluff‑catch discipline.
Choose the highest-EV river action.
See the answer
Best play: Check
Why
Final board Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣ completes the club flush and is paired, so the BTN can have flushes, Qx, and full houses, while missed straight/heart draws are air. Hero holds J♦J♣ = an underpair to the queen with the board flush live — a bluff‑catcher that loses to any club flush, Qx, or trips and beats only busted bluffs. Checking OOP is mandatory: hero has no value to bet and must let the BTN bluff the missed draws into a hand that beats them.
Key idea
On a paired, flush-completing river, an underpair has zero value to bet — check and capture the BTN's missed draws as a bluff‑catcher.
Common mistake
Bluffing or value-betting JJ into a flush-and-paired board — you fold out only air and get called by everything that beats you.