$2.25 NLHE STT Turbo: Trying a multi-street bluff on a monochrome flop

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$2.25 NLHESTT Turbo: Trying a multi-street bluff on a monochrome flop

Both opponents were giant fish, limping hands like J6o and calling them down hoping to hit a pair on the turn or river.
Would like to hear some thoughts on how I played this.

full tilt poker $2 + $0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 8 players - View hand 976502
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MP1: t1946 32.43 BBs
MP2: t1555 25.92 BBs
CO: t1533 25.55 BBs
BTN: t1270 21.17 BBs
SB: t1330 22.17 BBs
Hero (BB): t1343 22.38 BBs
UTG: t2683 44.72 BBs
UTG+1: t1840 30.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is BB with Q :club: 5 :club:
3 folds, MP2 calls t60, 2 folds, SB calls t30, Hero checks

Flop: (t180) 8 :diamond: 6 :diamond: 9 :diamond: (3 players)
SB bets t60, Hero calls t60, MP2 folds

The bet came immediately, so I did not believe SB had a flush here. Decided to try a float bluff.

Turn: (t300) 2 :club: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t180, SB calls t180

Seemed to have worked, the turn bricked and the SB thought for a bit, then checked. I did not, however, expect a flat call here.

River: (t660) A :heart: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t440

SB immediately checked and I realized I hadn't properly considered the amount to bet here. I did not want to seem hesitant so went with 2/3 pot, leaving me with a stack of 600.
 
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Stop bluffing, if he's as big a fish you as you say he is, he'll call you with 42o.
 
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I really don't think anyone could be that retarded. Fish do fold hands pre, and do fold to river bets when all they have is bottom pair or worse (missed draw). They also do note the obvious straight and flush boards.
 
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Your bet on the blank turn makes your hand pretty obvious. If you had a big hand you'd have checked the turn hoping for the SB to take another run at it on the river. If you had a small flush then you'd have raised the flop to take it down there and not allow another diamond to come out. If you had an A then you probably would have raised preflop. So your hand looks totally like a bluff.
 
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Narrow villain's range and figure out how often he' needs to fold on the river for your bluff to be profitable. you represent a missed draw at best.

Come up with a better reason than, "omg, once he had J6o, so I thought I'd bluff off half my stack against a calling station with Q-high after he bet into 2 on a flop that crushes his range."
 
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It's a $2 STT/SNG Turbo. Why are we attempting multi-street bluffs vs. calling stations?
tbh... I don't were to start with this thread... sigh. How bout c/F flop?
 
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