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Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (3 handed)

Hero (SB) ($444.85)
BB ($392)
Button ($421.10)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7d, 5d
Button bets $8, Hero raises to $32, 1 fold, Button calls $24

Flop: ($68) Td, 8s, Jd (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: ($68) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets $46, Button calls $46

River: ($160) 3d (2 players)
Hero bets $94

Preflop not interesting. 75s is often part of my 3bet bluffing range in this spot.

Reason for checking the flop is that this is a board where I am going to be check-folding fairly often so I need to have a carefully constructed check-calling (and check-raising) range, and my c/c range must include some FDs.

It is the bet sizing on the river that is the main thing I am interested in. I think I picked a really bad sizing, and should have gone either rather smaller (partly to induce against my perceived 'capped range') or much larger. Interested in thoughts on this.

Yeh flop very good river very bad as you know.

67 or 132 otr would be my choice of sizing

i'd want to betsmall/call or betbig/feelsick. think i'd go small and call.

How would you be thinking to react if he jams when we bet big?

Never folding if I bet big and get jammed on.

Interesting what this hand shows about a psychological weakness in my decision making when under pressure. I considered both a small bet and a large bet in game, simply could not decide which one was best, was running out of time... so panicked and did the worst possible thing by taking a middle way between the two!

I think our range will be perceived to be less bluff heavy with a smaller bet at these levels, hence I want to bet 138/c.

surely once we check the flop and now do bettys though we have more of a marginal made hand that he can definitely consider jamming as a bluff to fold us off of.

if we bet big and he jams i'd deffo expect him to have Ad as a blocker if so.

He can't really rep a flush, mot hands he sells a 3bet it's bet this Board when checked to for the reason I'd rather try to gt him to hero call and thus prefer bigger vs smaller bet if he is a good reg who understands ranges

I like to bet big here, he cant really rep a straight or a flush and must have something if he calls the turn so we'd need him to be reallly spazzy to bluff-raise here, obviously we force the weakest bluff catchers out by betting 140 over 60 but i'd rather try punish his stronger bluff-catchers with a bigger bet.

I'd also go big here as your nicely underepped and generally people at these stakes won't get OOL repping hands they struggle to creditably rep. What im interested in is why you would choose 75s as part of your c/c range as opposed to a hand like AQdd?

 Personally i think i'd rather choose 75dd for 3 barrels but would really like to hear your reasoning.