K♠T♠ SB vs BTN, river on Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣, 95 bb
The spot
- You: SB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: K♠T♠
- Board: Q♣ T♣ 7♥ 2♦ 2♣
- Effective stack: 95 bb
- Pot: 23 bb
River checks to hero after two-street sequence.
Best river decision in baseline?
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Best play: Check
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 SB out of position into the button, betting only gets called by the clubs and Q-x that beat you while folding out the bluffs you beat, so checking realizes the most by inducing those bluffs and bluff‑catching cheaply. Out of position with a marginal made hand on a scary runout, check is the disciplined line.
Key idea
Out of position with a marginal made hand that only worse folds and only better calls, check and bluff‑catch.
Common mistake
Value-betting out of position into a range that folds everything worse and calls everything better.