Flop Analysis
C-betting small with J9 suited here is good — this texture is excellent for the preflop raiser, we have some backdoor equity, and the pool overfolds to this size.
Preflop and flop are fine; the turn/river barrels with pure air on a bad runout are the problem, not the final river fold.
C-betting small with J9 suited here is good — this texture is excellent for the preflop raiser, we have some backdoor equity, and the pool overfolds to this size.
Barreling big on the king turn with complete air is where the line starts to overreach; we should be much choosier about which no-pair hands continue bluffing here.
Note: Firing a large 3/4-pot turn barrel with pure high card is too loose; we want our second barrels to carry equity or strong blockers on this improving texture.
Once the river brings the third spade and a very coordinated runout, potting with J‑high after getting called twice is over-bluffing; our range has many better candidates to pull the trigger with.
Note: The pot-sized river bluff with J‑high on a flush/straight-completing card is too ambitious — we lack relevant blockers and arrive here with too many stronger natural bluff combos.
Folding to the big river raise after bluffing is correct — our hand is just high card, while the raise is massively skewed toward flushes, straights, and strong made hands.