Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by Joe Tall (Mid Stakes)

My initial thought on the Th8h hand would be to lead out from the SB to put the BB in the middle and, like Chris said, possibly have the preflop raiser clean up the hand by clearing out the players behind who likely have overcard draws. Is this the wrong line of thinking? And what are the factors in this instance that make check-raising or check-call-donk safe turn (Joe's preferred line) better plays?

Thanks,
Jesse

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DeathDonkey play.It took me awhile to figure this out and still haven't all the way. But I think I see it. I made a mistake originally in my sweet jazz math by not using the final total pot size at the end of the flop,$87. CutOff's $10 call is 11.5% of the pot. I Gave the pfr about a top 15% range and the CO ATo and found his winning chances are about 17% via pokerstove. So with his chance of winning> than his share of the pot= a call. Right? But this is with 2 streets to go. Also he knows the answere here in real time, so is there a "rule" to rely on here?