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Game: No-Limit Hold'em | Format: Cash Game | Blinds/Antes: 1/2 | Effective Stacks: 100 bb | Scenario: Hero holds Q♦ J♦ on a board of Q♠ 9♥ 4♠ 2♦ 7♥. Facing a river shove, Hero realizes they block both the straight (JT) and the heart flush. Is this a 'good' blocker for a call?

1. No, because the opponent never bluffs the river
2. Yes, because it is a top pair hand
3. Yes, because blocking the nuts is the most important factor (under this line)
4. No, because Hero blocks the very hands the opponent would be bluffing with

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