Trusting a Read vs. Poker Logic - 10/20 NL

[blainestar]

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I decided to bet 1200 into an 11580 pot thinking Chubs would have to call this amount with AK hoping to chop, but that he couldn’t call much more. And of course I was prepared to call a c/r AI, although be very unhappy about it. Chubs in fact CALLED me and flipped over 99.

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WOW at live poker.

I still think shoving the river is the best play. I just don't get the logic of calling ~3K on a dry flop like that. Then not being THRILLED to get our last ~3500ish AI( in a 11.5K pot!) on the river after villain checks it twice.