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1. No. I cant think of any scenario that this hand would be a 3bet vs the opening position Becker was in. Its not a pat hand, its just a mediocre draw to a 98. Its never a fold, never a 3b, always a call.
2. The most common semi bluffs will be our best draws and linearly move down from there. I haven't incorporated this but I would imagine some of our draws that are just barely too weak to call can be low freq semi bluff 3bets. Maybe something like a T654K on CO vs HJ for example? Thats just a guess at what a solver would dictate.
3. This fold is essentially mandatory in this case and still a fold even if things were more attractive. As is, he has a Q door and it will be obvious he is going high. But he doesn't even have a high hand, he just has a draw. Even split Qs here would be a fold with 3 wheel cards behind and, most importantly, one of them being an Ace along with the other door card being a K with the possibility of facing split Ks. Even with the Q down, this hand is a fold facing those opposing doors.
4. Yes.
5. The extra 3 helps very mildly but vs utg6 its a fold still.
6. You essentially never would pat a J7642. For one, you forfeit the EV of betting and raising rivers when you make a strong hand. But also, the 7642 part is often the best draw, and nearly always at least the 2nd best draw and 3-way that will not only have highest EV drawing but highest equity as well.