Top Pair - Good Kicker - Is calling down a mistake?

[Murakawa]

I would C/R the flop. Like others are saying, if he's AG it would be useless to open. He might well have something like K-9 if he's LAG. If he reraises your check-raise then calling down was probably right. The pot is big enough, I think, that you shouldn't fold if even if you're pretty sure you're beat.

Then again, I wouldn't be suprised to see K-T, K3s or even a big pocket pair.

I wonder if you had opened with a bet on the flop if he would still have bet out.

I think you probably played it well.