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Just to elaborate on that point, you should bluff with an x% of hands where x is the amount you can get away with without opening yourself up to some really bad exploitation. So to determine what hands fall into that top x%, we should bluff with whatever hands have the highest delta between expectation of bluffing and expectation of not bluffing. When you're on the river, your equity when your bluff is called is no longer a consideration (it can be in rare cases, but let's ignore that for now), so that only leaves two considerations:
1) How profitable is this specific hand to bluff versus other hands in your range. (This consideration basically comes down to blockers.)
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2) How much do I stand to make by checking with this hand versus other hands in my range. (This consideration basically comes down to showdown value and how likely villain is to check back).
In villain's case (T8cc), he probably blocks hands that fold more than he blocks hands that call, so this hand doesn't compare favorably to bluffing with other hands in his range. Also, his hand is FARRRR from the nut low, and it's ahead of a lot of hands that might check back, so there's less of a need to bluff this hand than other hands in his range.
So the only way T8cc should make the x% cut of his bluffing range is if he's betting out 100% of the time. This generally happens, though, when your range is strong relative to your opponent's so you can put a lot of pressure on and expect mistakes with a bet regardless of what part of that range you have. Seeing as how villain is facing an UTG raise, a flop donk-raise and a turn continuation bet, it seems crazy to say that a river donk should be the play with 100% of his range.
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