[Man of Means]

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Hmm...Just ran the equity calculation. I put villain on:
A7s, A9, T8s, 97s, 98s, 86s, 65s, 55+
Hero is 51% favorite. So unless I missed a part of his range, I guess the answer is push.

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You missed 44 (bottom set) but it does not change equity much.

Our weighting of the hands in this range and subsequent decision depends on a read of how likely villain is to be splashing around in there with a suited connector against a $15 raise, then playing a draw or small pair aggressively.
One thing I mentioned to my friend was that his flop bet was somewhat small (1/2 pot) and may have invited the aggression. If he had bet $35 (2/3 pot) or more then a fold to the raise might be clear.