Re: Lowest top pair you ever saw
With that many limpers, I like the preflop call as long as you are pretty sure there will be no raise behind you (and if this is a passive table that's fine).
I agree with the flop raise - The pot is too large to just fold your TPGK, and between raising and calling, you certainly need to narrow the field down, so I think raising is the best play.
Turn bet is good - definately don't want to give free cards, and you have a fairly good chance of having the best hand still.
The river is, I think, the most difficult decision. Are there any hands that MP1 and 2 will call with that you beat? I think reads help as well. Would they call with a 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] for example? If they would then you have a value bet. Otherwise, a check seems to be in order. On a passive, loose table like this, with no other reads I would be tempted to value bet it - you only need to be good 1 time in 3 for it to be profitable.
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