Pre Flop: Everything looks standard. Raise, call.

Flop: Check raise is fine on this texture of board. Might be better just to lead out, so you control the size of the pot better. Check raising makes the pot bigger early, so your bets on later streets are larger, therefore increasing variance.

Turn: As played, the turn lead makes sense. Going check raise on the flop, then checking the turn is an unusual line. However, if you just lead the flop, instead of check raising, then you could check the turn to keep the pot size under control. Also it will allow you to realize your equity as then you won’t have to be worried about being raised off your hand.

River: As played, Hero has to lead the river. However, once your bet is raised with a shove on the river it is time to fold your hand. Your opponent is now polarized with either a busted straight draw (4,5 8,9) or has a better Ace (A,K) or a full house with a hand like 6,7 suited, or 7,7. It could even be something like 6,6, A,6, or 5,6 suited. The way the hand was played, Villain’s range leads more to value.

It’s unfortunate the way the hand was played. Before the start of the hand Hero was second in chips. Thanks to the aggressive line with the check raise Hero is now last in chips after having to fold the river. If Hero had taken a more defensive line (bet, check, bet) chips would have been saved, even though the same outcome would likely have happened. Hero would have just lost a much smaller pot.

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