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$1-$3 Live NLH10 HandedTypical Loose/Passive very soft live tableLoose/Passive player in middle position ($250) calls $3Folded to ButtonButton ($165) calls $3SB FoldsHero is BB ($180) with Js9cHero checksPOT is $10FLOP9s4s6sHero bets $10Loose Passive Player (LPP) calls $10Button FoldsPOT is $30TURN2cHero checksLPP checksI put villain on a spade draw here obviously**(My thought process for checking here is that LPP villain will call any size raise with any spade in his hand b/c he has already demonstrated that he has no concept of pot odds, so I thought I could check and wait for a safe river card and then make a thin bet for value)** Not sure if this is sound but it was my thought process.RIVERQsHero bets $26Villain tanks for 30 seconds and then reraises $100Hero asks LPP villain is he will show if hero folds. Villain gives hero the bird. Hero replies "classy" and then folds.I think I made several mistakes in this hand.Bring it please.

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I would probably bet the turn around $20-25 and fold to a reraise. Your "thin" value bet on the river is closer to a full pot bet. I would think a "thin" value bet here would be more of 1/3-1/2 pot bet size.This is the kind of hand I would check/call the river with. I think you would tend to catch a lot more bluffs that way and also lose less when you are beat. If you have the nuts and lead out on that river, you are rarely getting called by worse.

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Bet the turn. For the love of God, bet the turn. You have the best hand, and even with something like AsKx he only has a 25% chance of hitting. That means you will win the amount of his turn call 75% of the time.Plus, if he has a spade draw he's folding a blank river anyway. All you manage to do by checking the turn is give him a free card.As for the river, you say you read him for a spade draw (which is most likely to be the As or Ks), but then when the spade hit you fired out a pot sized bet and didn't know what to do when he raised. Do you see the problem with your logic?

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Your "thin" value bet on the river is closer to a full pot bet. I would think a "thin" value bet here would be more of 1/3-1/2 pot bet size.
A thin value bet doesn't mean a small value bet. It can be a huge overbet if you like. Usually with a value bet you expect to be called by a worse hand say 90% of the time and run into a better hand 10% of the time (the times they fold aren't really relevant). A thin value bet will only be called say 55% of the time by a better hand. You're still making profit from it, but just not very much.
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