Play a Hand With the Masters #1 Pre-Flop

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My initial thought after I read the hand was to bet 450. This was obviously wrong, since the whole purpose of betting was to gain fold equity and with such a small bet pot odds would force him to call with whatever he's got. So I'll say bet 600.

I have a question though. A number of people have said that he could have limped with a low pair. Isn't that a mistake? I thought with low pairs he either wants to be heads up (which limping isn't likely to accomplish) or to play for set value against a bunch of opponents (which won't happen with so many people having folded ahead of him). Are the stacks here so large that the implied odds would make it worth his while to play for set value even against 2 or 3 opponents?