[Astyanax]

The key to this hand is the Armenian guy. you say he played his with his chips because he was contemplating a bluff but this could be nonsense. It is possible he noticed your attempted check raise (although unlikely). Nevertheless your action is still strong, checking and then betting oop -The Armenian, I think, mucks either AK or AQ (therefore narrowing villain's range somewhat) making a call, not a raise mandatory. As jeff said, you can't raise as he never calls a 3-bet shove with worse.

I am officially talking rubbish.

Nice blog justin, post more.