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Without more information, I like the play, but hate the talking.

Mike Matusow was commenting about playing Phil Ivey one time, and he said it wasn't that tough because every time he checked to Phil, Phil bet. If Amir was betting all the time, then checking to get his money into the pot while Gracz had AQs was good poker. Gracz gave Amir the ability to make the wrong decision, which he did.

Raising is interesting, because Gracz knos that Amir is thinking "OK so he checked, I bet, he raised. He knows that if he checks then I will bet because that is how I'm playing, so he must have a good hand to check-raise. But he knows that I know that, so he might be check-raise bluffing or semi-bluffing to get me to fold. etc..." A check-call is suspicious and the only way Gracz is getting more of Amir's money into the pot after a check-call is if Amir hits trips or a straight or something else nasty.