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Postflop Aggression: Facing the Dreaded Turn Check-Raise

I have another hand this week to share from the same $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament from which the last few hand analyses have come. This one features another tricky spot where I make a strong hand but face some worrisome postflop aggression from an opponent suggesting my hand might not be as good as it seems.

It's still early in the event, with the blinds 100/200 with a 25 ante and stacks mostly all around 20,000. A player sitting under the gun raises to 500 and two players call (all three straightforward players), and I look down at on the button.