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Originally Posted by DrCooper
It's hard to put a good player on a range for a non standard play like this. But even after seeing this I don't think we can justify raising. This board is much better for his range than our range, in particular he has many more 2 pair+. I also think he is very value heavy when leading into 3 players including 2 weak players that connect with this board. I suspect AT is the bottom of his value leading range. Perhaps we should raise if we know he leads with a hand as weak as T7s but we don't know he does this. Also if we were less deep I think raising is the better play.
Having a slight polarity advantage of being able to have T8s 85s and T5s doesn't nullify our overall equity advantage range vs range -- if you are not raising any overpairs and not raising any bluffs (other than strong draws), he can lead his entire range here with impunity, such as weak Tx and 8x protecting its equity and some gutters/bluffs.
AT is actually a better hand to raise than KK though because our hand requires more protection on later streets and we're blocking some of his 2pair combos