PLO4 Is there a better line on the river

ameliorate

PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancechrisbhoySmall blind £0.02£0.02£4.37dadov7Sitout    ameliorateBig blind £0.04£0.06£3.99 Your hole cards73A9   littleor1Call £0.04£0.10£3.88chrisbhoyCall £0.02£0.12£4.35ameliorateCheck    Flop  648   chrisbhoyCheck    ameliorateBet £0.12£0.24£3.87littleor1Fold    chrisbhoyCall £0.12£0.36£4.23Turn  Q   chrisbhoyCheck    ameliorateBet £0.36£0.72£3.51chrisbhoyCall £0.36£1.08£3.87River  Q   chrisbhoyCheck    ameliorateBet £1.08£2.16£2.43chrisbhoyFold  
Villain called full pot flop/turn and i expected them to call full pot on river but they didn't is there a better line with no reads?  

With such a massive draw I'm always being aggressive in spots like this

Thanks

labrat64

Can't fault the way you played it at all. Unfortunately Chrisbhoy is a good player and would have sussed out the better hands than his. A lot of others at this level would have snap called but you just got unlucky with that opponent.

Talon

 I will go through this hand piece by piece to give you all of thinking on it.

 Preflop: marginal hand so definitely not worth raising so all good there.

 Flop: Virtually the flop you were looking for with an OESD and NFD. What you should be doing here is betting out and you did so with a good strong pot sized bet. So once again all good here.

 Turn: This is a total blank.So what you should be doing here is betting out again especially now you are heads up. And you did with a good strong pot sized bet.So all good here.

River: This is not a great card for you because although it completes your NFD it also pairs the board and therefore bring in all manner of boats to the equation.This is a time for caution because the check calling range does include 44 or 66 which would now have you crushed.So for me this would be a check behind with very good showdown value.

 The purpose of any river bet is to either get a better hand to fold or a worse hand to call to maximise your value. Because of the strength you have shown on all streets it is highly unlikely that you will get a worse flush to call on this scary river(unless you are playing a complete newbie).Also there is no way that you will get someone with a weak boat to fold. So effectively you are turning your nut flush into a bluff at this time. To get a weaker hand to call a river bet you would have needed to bet less to seemingly price them in but this would then open up the check/raise which would leave you unsure as to your standing in the hand. It is for these reasons that i said the check behind is the move because you are either crushed or too far ahead to get paid properly.

 Hope this is of some use.