[M.B.E.]

Jim -- great to see you back on 2+2 after an 8-month absence. How are your studies going?

As for the A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] hand, it seems like an easy bet to me but it could be interesting to analyse. First if you figure you can safely fold to a checkraise then you'd have to bet it, because you're easily a favourite those times you are called. The harder question is are you enough of a favourite to bet if you intend to call a checkraise. You might be able to work this out combinatorially if you make some simple assumptions, such as that he would have played a variety of hands exactly as he has done, such as a king-high flush, a queen-high flush, 66, 55, 22, 65s, 43s.