Well, that goes without saying.

You can always get coolered by some random hand, but by playing aggressively as you did, you get maximum value when they don't hit the jackpot, and it more than makes up for the coolers.

The river bet was thin. That's for sure. But heck, that's why you were in there, because she will call with anything.

You had a good read, and cojones.

river bet was likely -EV. flush draws aren't calling. non top pair hands likely aren't calling. not many Kx hands you beat. check/call river.

Well I think an opening raise is called for against nits; the whole point is to raise their anxiety level. Against the calling stations, I'm not sure. To maximize your implied odds, you want to keep the numerator low and the denominator high.

I guess there is value in culling the herd, provided you're selecting the worst of the worst, rather than the best of the best!

Geek has posted here and there about the benefits of limping in ep at passive, cally tables. To be clear, he's talking about hands that have the potential to make monsters. KJo isn't in that category, even though it is ahead of this villain's range. Not way ahead, but ahead some (which is the challenge).