Active players behind are a worry....that would stop me calling!
Lets say the button is on the ball and reads the sb the same as yourself i.e....
1600 in the pot and the sb bets out 1600. My feel for now is he has a king and cant be that strong as he would surely be raising pre flop with ace king and maybe even KQ. Due to the way this guy has played previous hands Im sure if he had flopped 2 pair he would go for the check raise.
He sees you call behind and puts you on hearts (a pretty good assumption)....(thats why calling here with a set is a play I like). He is now free to exploit this weakness by squeezing. If he pushes, the weak King must fold because he is classically squeezed...with you behind. Now what are you going to do? If you call then you have used your healthy chip stack to make FOUR seperate CALLS in this hand with Queen high and you left are hoping for a heart. This is so ugly. There are two ways to win a poker hand and you have only ever given yourself one.
Are you not worried by the original raiser that has yet to act?And this is why raising pre-flop is actually a big advantage because if he does push the fact that HE is the pre-flop raiser gives him extra credit. But he is MUCH more likely to get involved after bet-call than bet-raise.
Oh by the way just clocked the ONE re-buy title and this explains the 7.5k.
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