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Because of the fairly large stacks I thought he could have called my raise with many speculative hands. A set, two pair, a pair with a gutshot, or even the flopped straight all seemed possible.
On the river, I thought for a while and strongly considered making a small value bet, as I felt there was a good chance my hand was best given his check on the turn. I decided not to when I couldn't put him on a hand consistent with the action that did not contain a jack. Thankfully, he checked behind on the river and my hand was of course good. He said he had the improbable KQ, which I believed, so I would likely have taken his entire stack if not for the ace on the turn.
Implied odds notwithstanding, I think his preflop call was abysmal if he had KQo; less so with KQs. I lowered his rating a few notches after this one.
I suppose this is closely related to another current thread, but: in his situation, assuming my most likely hand is a big pair or AK, with what hands would you call a $30 raise in position, with stacks of around $750? (And limpers with somewhat smaller stacks who of course may or may not play.) Any pair? Suited/offsuit connectors? If so, how scraggly and gapped?
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