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Game: NLHE | Format: Six-max Cash | Blinds/Antes: 1/2 | Effective Stacks: 100 bb | Hero Position: BTN | Pot Size: 21.5 bb Hero bets the river and is called by a worse hand. According to the master profit equation, why might this still be a strategic error (L_self)?

1. Winning a pot with a mistake is impossible.
2. Hero's sizing may have left value uncollected.
3. The rake was likely higher than the profit.
4. Hero should have checked to induce a bluff.

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