Flop Analysis
Standard call with second pair and the nut backdoor flush draw. We are too strong to fold but raising would overplay our hand on a board that hits the SB's range well.
We correctly punished a small turn bet by raising for value once we improved to top two pair, then extracted more on the river.
Standard call with second pair and the nut backdoor flush draw. We are too strong to fold but raising would overplay our hand on a board that hits the SB's range well.
Raising is the preferred play here. When the Ace peels, it improves a significant portion of our flop calling range, and our specific hand jumps to top two pair, making it a prime candidate to build the pot.
After SB calls the turn raise and checks the river, we must bet for value. While the solver prefers an even larger sizing to polarize, our half-pot bet effectively targets SB's bluff-catchers.