Re: Playing in a tough game, anyone like this line?
I like your thought process. Mine would probably have been simpler: My preflop play screams small/mid pair. If he has a real hand, he should be worried about a set and thinking about laying it down. So if he is pushing this hard, he has one of two hands: 1.a big pair that he pushed really hard preflop so that he could just go pedal to the metal postflop and know that you didn't really get good odds preflop or 2.a complete steal that he is just trying to push down my throat.
There is probably enough chance here of number 2, given what you say (although I don't know the player at all personally), for you to call even if you are drawing very slim in scenario 1. However, in this case, where you likely have 10 outs even if it is scenario 1, or at least 8, then I think it makes it a very good call.
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