Yes. It would take a solid read to do anything but call.

Could someone experienced please explain why not just pitch this hand at the flop? There are only 6 small bets in the pot, and you have nothing, maybe not even enough to beat a bluff.

1) there's 8; we're getting 8:1

2) we have much better folding candidates on the flop. T9s, T8s, JT, 98s, weaker Kx. Against a reasonable 3 bet range, we simply have way too much equity to fold immediately with our small amount of showdown value, backdoor straight draw and overcard.

You're right, I see it now; I counted neither the small blind nor the flop bet from the big blind.

I can't see calling this on the turn, though; the Jack is only second pair, and your opponent could very easily have a Queen in this situation. I can't see why calling was an option here, as it's really more or less a hand with only 3 outs. Pitching the hand there definitely seems reasonable to me unless there is strong evidence this person is bluffing. (in which case raising is the option, but definitely not a call)

Given that our opponent should be value betting 77 here, folding KJ on the turn is borderline insane.

Purdue you want to fold every hand in every thread I've seen you post in. How can you ever win? You don't make the nuts that often

I re-read Purdue's post. If we're raising KJ, it's a value raise, not a bluff. What does raising KJ accomplish? Do better hands fold? (No). Do worse hands call? (Yes, sometimes).

I'm pretty sure purdue is trolling.

WTF you played 100/200?

It seemed like a good idea at the time

pre-turn look standard to me. don't think river matters. i got 12-13% equity on equilab.
would be nice to know what villain should be 2 barreling with vs what hero should be continuing with.

i think villain should be 2barreling at least 65% and 3barreling that full range on river minus kj and jts. think villain would be checking ak and at ott, but really think it's interesting how the underpairs should be played and how hero should react with the different parts of his range in the less frequent spots where villain c/'s.

fwiw if i'm hero i'm not really ever semi-bluffing when c/'d to or bet into, and i think villain could easily c/f any underpairs to exploit that.

i also think hero should delay all raises until river + might have better opportunity to have a few bluffs whether bet into or c/'ed to.

any comments would be appreciated.

my thoughts now, are that hero should have some bluffs (only when c/'ed to). my guess would be any t9 or 7s8s, followed by river barrel.