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Scenario: Game: No-Limit Hold'em | Format: Cash Game | Blinds/Antes: 1/2, no ante | Effective Stacks: 100 bb | Hero Position: BTN | Pot Size: 24 bb | River: K♠ 9♦ 4♣ 2♥ 7♠. Hero holds Q♣ J♣. Villain checks. If Hero bets 16 bb as a bluff, which statement best describes the blocker effect of Hero's hand?
- It is a suboptimal bluff because it blocks some of the hands Villain would fold, such as QJ or JT.
- It is a great bluff because it blocks Villain's sets of queens and jacks. (under this line) (under this line)
- It is a perfect bluff because it blocks KQ and KJ.
- The blocker effect is irrelevant because QJ has zero showdown value.
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