Stones livestream player Mike Postle accused of "live superusing"

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He bet the flop (2x pot) - pot size bet on the turn and then folded when the guy donk bet the river for more than pot.

While I'm convinced that Postle cheated in these games, I will defend his play on this particular hand as not unusual for a non-cheating player with a lot of live play experience at lower NLHE stakes. Here's why: The exaggerated physical check on the flop by the guy with A4 is a dead giveaway by most small stakes rec players as showing-weakness-to-hide-strength. Can't tell you how many times I saw this playing at that level back in AC. A lot of rec players at the level just can't control themselves in hands that like with that tell. After I learned this the hard way, I saved myself a lot of money with seemingly appealing second-best hands like Postle's in such situations. Meaning, i would have most likely played the hand the same way as Postle right down to folding on the river absent superuser knowledge of my opponents hand, especially with so many preflop callers in the hand.

Yeah, he got pretty lucky that guy decided to donk the river (which was dumb). Not that tough of a fold depending on the player.

It would have been interesting to see what Postle would have done if A4 had checked the river. To feign not being a superuser, Postle would have had to bet something, but would he have been smart enough to do so? Or even bet a reasonable amount for a river value bet?