[mwalsh2020]

ive only read the first few responses so i apologize if someone has already said this but i think you are ahead and should capitalize by calling and not raising, although i suppose it is possible for him to think that you are pouncing on his accidental raise.

the reason i think that you are ahead is because when he threw out the 6k raise he waiting three seconds. you are seen as an aggressive player and he could have felt that with his pfr and position that he would be able to put a lot of pressure on you and fold many hands that you'd lead the turn with, especially with his straightforward image.

The key however, is that in the THREE SECONDS he waited (that is a long time) he would have easily been able to see that the Armenian guy did not fold which is in itself a fairly large display of strength due to the size of the raise. At this point he becomes scared because the Armenian, who the BB was previously not worried about is now considering playing a big pot with him. The BB then decides to try and save chips in the event that the Armenian comes over the top with a big raise.

When the floor comes over he tries to state that he only meant to call but does it in a calm way because he wants to appear calm and not upset. This guy probably thinks on a level below most of us, based on the description. He thinks that if he were to act upset/mad that it would be interpreted as weakness by the other players (they will know that I'm mad that I am risking 6k in chips on a bad hand) instead of what some other posters have suggested which is that he thinks that acting mad will give away the strength of his hand. I think this is key. He ultimately decides that he will appear calm and confident, perhaps mimicking a hand that intended to slowplay and only wanted to call but that is not THAT upset, cause hey I don't want people drawing out on my AA or whatever with a straight.

The interesting thing is that his hand can't really be a bluff unless like I said originally he decided to run a COMPLETE bluff on you in a multiway pot and then abandoned ship after three seconds. Thus, I think it is likely, given your description that he feels he has some value against your range but is very uncomfortable about UTG playing against a 6k raise. If he had a STONE bluff I think it's likely he keeps the 6k raise out there to try and fold out a lot of the UTG's range.

A lot of what I wrote may be incoherent, but I look forward to hearing more about this mental exercise.