Rate my and villain's play...

[Esso]

Well, it looks like your read on button was wrong. Maybe BB had a better read and knew he liked to make hopeless plays like this?

I don't like BB's turn 3-bet. He has to know when you raise the turn that he is likely behind, most likely to JJ/TT/JT.

When you don't cap the turn, he should still know he is behind, but that you probably don't have TT or JJ.

So if he knows -

1) button is capable of this move,
2) it likely is a move given the board and action, and
3) you can fold a better hand -

then it's a good play. Recognize that BB just calling here would be really terrible, and it's hard for him to fold, so investing an extra BB in this huge pot even on a longshot isn't that bad.

That being said, this is giving him a lot of credit. Making this play would place him among the better limit holdem players in the world, and I doubt that guy is sitting at small stakes Stars games.

So in the end it's more likely he was just spewing and got lucky.

As for your river fold, it's a tough, tough spot. Given no flush or straight, and that sets are unlikely, and that the pot is huge, you should probably call. But I'm likely biased by knowing the results.

Just curious, who was BB? Who was button? I am interested if I recognize them and if my read on them is the same as yours.