Call or no?

[dtbog]

Just to play the devil's advocate here -- you did describe this young Japanese guy as someone who knows what he's doing. What do you think he put you on with the preflop re-raise? Granted, $70 from the button in that situation looks much more like a multi-way hand than aces, but he has to put you on something big.

In terms of odds, this is still probably a call, because his bet isn't even the size of the pot and there's a lot of uncertainty about his holding -- but, then again, why couldn't he play a set of nines this way? If I put you on AA/KK, I might make that $200 push here, knowing you couldn't get away from it with $280 in the pot.

-DB