Re: Smooth call the turn, too?
Certainly that is the toughest part of playing the hand this way. The question you have to ask and correctly answer is what is this guy capable of doing, and how often will he do it? Would he bet again with KK or QQ, maybe because you only called? Could he have AQ and think he's value betting? Or same question about AK, where our hero at least gets his money back? Must he have AA (or the unexpected 55 or 66) to bet the turn? If he's a stranger to you, it becomes largely a guessing game.
But, I just don't see raising the flop as a viable alternative, given the size of the stacks. Any raise you make, to be believable, is all-in or close enough to it that you're potstuck if he raises you back. There would still be enough chance of his holding AK or AQ that you would have to call for your last bit of money.
If the stacks were even at $74 (he had some amount like that I think), then you're deep enough to raise the flop and fold to a reraise.
Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)
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