Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
A strong read on my opponent would make me more inclined to play.
This is an important point, and underscores why all of us should be mentioning our reads in *every* hand history we post here (or if there are none, saying so). If you can put your opponent on a narrow hand range, you can play a lot of hands effectively against him if the price is right. Consider that if you saw his cards somehow - say if they were marked - you could call any reasonable raise from him with any two cards, and use the boards he misses to manipulate him into folding, or use the boards that hit you well enough to get his whole stack. Now consider that knowing someone's range of hands, if the range is narrow (e.g. Fnord's "strong read"), is as close as you'll ever get in online play to knowing his specific hole cards. This is a huge, huge thing in short-handed games, and not insignificant in *any* game.

Regarding this here hand, I fold pre-flop; if I don't fold pre-flop, I play the rest the same. You could push or call the turn, it makes little difference (since you're probably a coinflip vs. whatever he has at that point). If you think your fold equity is low or none, may as well call and see if you hit.