Bluffing the Paired Turn

Replay Poker Hand Review
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Hand # 1287672305

Pre ~ ATo on the CO. HJ opens for 2.7x. I flat. BT folds, giving me position. SB also calls.
Flop ~ J64-rb. It checks to me. I bet approx 35%. SB folds, HJ calls.
Turn ~ 6sp. Spade draw, but I like the 6 as a bluff, as my flop bet may have included a 6 (A6, 66) as I have more of that in my calling range that he has in opening. I think it makes a good scare. I bet approx 35-40% again. Villain calls!
River ~ 5 busts the spades. brings in 87, 73, 32, but he opened pre so he doesn’t have any of that. The most likely hand that he has (if he has it) is AJ, then JJ, then some KJ, QJ, maybe JT, the lower stuff likely suited. I bet about 30%. He tanks and jams. Well it’s only another 5 or 6bb to call so I do and am shocked to win the pot when he shows A9cl. I lucked into some massive thin value!

Questions:
1 ~ Do I ever 3-bet this pre? His sizing is a little on the small side here. My reasoning for flatting is that I’m not very experienced with 3-betting and I don’t want to bloat the pot with a decent-not-amazing hand. I did consider 3-bet just to make the BT fold (position) but it was at least 50/50 or better that he folds anyway. He did.

2 ~ In position 3-way and it checks to me and I bet because they’ve probably both whiffed. I get called by PFR. Should I be afraid of slow play AJ, JJ here?

3 ~ The big question, the one that I want most answered. Was that 6 on the turn a good bluff?

4 ~ If he called that 6 bluff on the turn, now should I get the hell out of here? Was I smart or stupid to continue? I just felt that if I gave up then, he’s betting me and I have to fold. If I still want this pot, I have to bet, and I wanted it. Was I dumb to want this?

5 ~ Should I have shoved the river? My reasoning for the smaller bet was I wanted it to look like value. My flat pre includes AJ, 76s, 87s, 66. Maybe I should have even jammed the turn?

6 ~ Obviously I thought that there was a good chance that he didn’t have it, otherwise I would have given up at some point. He just kept checking, so on each street I thought he was finally giving up, so I continued to bluff, although by the river I was pretty concerned. In hindsight I think that I was lucky that Villain played it so poorly. I mean calling my turn (when his backdoor flush busts) was a terrible mistake in my opinion. Maybe I should have been more afraid. A better player taking his line would have it, no (and I had no idea who this guy was)?

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  1. AJo is usually a decent 3-bet and ATo is almost always a fold. You could just flat the suited combos, but I’d be 3-betting or folding the offsuit ones.
  2. JJ yeah, but I think people are going to bet all their top pair plus (way more often than they should be at least)
  3. Yes. Any card that’s not an over to the J would be, but the 6 is even better.
  4. You bet pretty small on both streets. I think there’s more people holding on here with AK than there are not betting a J or better on the flop. They wont always fold on the river either, but you really don’t need this to work all that often.
  5. My first thought when reading through your description was you should probably have jammed the turn, but stack sizes were a bit awkward. Definitely jam the river as played. Checking the turn is probably the best option. You’re likely against 2 over cards, so you don’t need to represent the 6, just a J. You don’t want to see a K or Q on the river, but every other card is safe enough. If they’re good enough to bluff you on the river before you get a chance to do the same, so be it.
  6. There isn’t too much value that doesn’t have to be at least a little concerned you have a 6, but yeah it would also be hard for a good player to get here with air. 7’s through T’s maybe, with your small size on the turn thinking they can bluff you off a J on an over-card river. A5 of spades. Enough weak stuff that I think bluffing the river is still good.