Flop Analysis
Checking with pure air on this ace‑high, relatively dry texture is fine; as the preflop raiser we could also mix in some small range c-bets, but Q7 with no backdoors is one of the least attractive candidates to bluff.
Raising pre is good, then with pure air on a dry ace-high board it's fine to just shut down and realize our equity.
Checking with pure air on this ace‑high, relatively dry texture is fine; as the preflop raiser we could also mix in some small range c-bets, but Q7 with no backdoors is one of the least attractive candidates to bluff.
Once checked through and still holding total air on a card that adds a flush draw, continuing to check and give up is correct — our hand has essentially no equity and no good barrel properties.
After two checks from each player and a river that completes both flushes and the only straight, checking again and taking the free showdown is the only sane option with high card that loses to any pair.