[tardigrade]

No prob ... I do think it's a tough decision to defend QJ from the blind against a raise. It's about 35% versus AK and basically dead against a high pair. In this case, it's dominated by the J in the AJ, so it's not worth a call if you knew the other guys hand.

This situation got me thinking about defending the big blind in a tight table versus a loose table. Generally, I try to defend any playable blind against a loose table, but I think I may be draining bets that way. In this case, anything a player would raise with has a good chance of "colliding" with my blind, so I think I might need enough players on the table to make the straight draw worthwhile, since I could be as low as 10% to win against many raising hands.

What if the raise came late against an empty table, and you suspected a steal attempt?