[Miko]

I don't agree at all with pre-flop being bad. I like a pre-flop call if we're planning to take away a lot of flops (cause a lot of flops are flops that w/ a raise we fold out a lot of his range, enough to make it profitable). And besides that, we have position so we are able to judge the strenght of our relative weak hand a lot better.

On the flop, I like the raise. If you call pre-flop you should be raising this kind of flops (especially w/ your gutshot).

On the turn a value-bet is good. He'll call w/ lots of hands you beat. Ax and stuff, and AQ/AJ/QJ kind of hands.

On the river I can find a value-bet there. He's been very passive for AJ, and AQ too (I expect at least a value-bet (or check/raise) on the turn or a value-bet on the river) and all the sets have been played very passively too, as is a flush.

But I wouldn't bet all that big because we want Ax to call. And I don't think a thinking player would call an all that big bet w/ Ax. Something like 12$?

Although I don't mind checking behind too.