Your recap at the bottom seems a bit off. According to the HH V donk leads huge on this flop for almost 80% pot, $20 into $26 instead of into $40 as you state. Since we have top pair, decent kicker, and a combo draw I agree that even vs this sizing we cant really fold and raising should only get called by better hands. Turn he slows down a bit betting just 1/2 pot and we've improved a little so we are kind of stuck calling again. River could be a small bet to induce but with the second nuts I think we still have to raise here for value. Not a lot of hands can continue though so I wouldn't make it more than $70. And if we get 3 bet it will be gross but there's a ton of Tx and smaller hearts and perhaps a set of 9s that can put another $40 or $50 on this river. We may even get action from 2 pair. Sometimes we'll run into the Ace and fold to the 3 bet, sometimes V will fold to our raise but I'd like to give V a chance to make a mistake with Tx especially the T of hearts. Also if they fold a strong hand and don't get to see if we had a heart it may get us more action in the future as players tend to only be able to make a few big lay downs before they get sticky or spew it off.
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