Nut Flush Draw and a lot of scare cards for vilain

Pre-flop call is not ok. Either fold or 3 bet as a bluff.
Why don't you just call flop and let him do the betting?

Maybe so, but those issues are rather mundane.

River is kind of interesting. Do we ever turn TPWK into a bluff? I personally want a weaker hand for doing it (or I'd be doing it too much, since I use my cards to randomize bluffs).

i like the play, i dont like river play
On river we have a good bluff catcher (x/c) or a small value bet like a bit under 1/3 pot.

If he is very aggressive i would be inclined to x/c, but vs unknown i would be inclined to make a very small value bet.

Bet the turn bigger, you wouldn't be betting ½ pot if u had the flush. So bet like 2/3-3/4, I'd prefer 3/4 and OTR I would go for a ck/cl or ck/f, lots of missed draws out there and you are not getting folds from better hands and you are not getting calls from worse hands.

Again pre is a call theory-wise

But at NL2 when you are starting out you can safely fold just focus on better hands, if you want to call ATo, start doing it against the button.

I check call the flop, let him barrel into our A and Tx (and we beat his air anyways). Check raising is +ev as well ofc tho

River's a cool spot I think I lean towards a check call here against a reasonably sized bet, expecting people to call too much with draws on Flop and turn that can bluff, raise sets on flop or turn and don't think we are getting called against 1/3 pot with a naked pair that often with the 2 overcards that will be obvious scarecards to nl2 folk

Originally posted by WhiteWalker
his continuing range should be stronger than a naked ace and therefore I don't feel like I would have had showdown value.

Then why did you bet river?

Because he is bluffing?