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There are situations where having the low end of the straight can be a very important factor to consider. This isn't one of them. The only holding that has you beat is J9, and that's only a tiny portion of anyone's range for limping the button.
As already noted, you should be willing to stack off, and if he already has you beat or draws out, so be it. Since you're so far ahead vs his range, your main concern is how to get him to put as much money in the pot as possible. With only 5 cents in the pot and effective stacks of 1.72, it's far better to start building the pot since it may take 3 streets of betting to get the stacks in.
So bet a normal amount on the flop. If he doesn't have enough to call, all it costs you is the possibility that had you checked, he would have bet with his air. But having air, he'd fold if you check-raised and very likely fold if you just called then bet out on the turn.
Otoh, he's likely to call a normal-sized bet with quite a bit of his range - possibly any pair, a flush draw, combo holdings, even two overcards. And if he raises, that's fine. Your chances of getting him all in by showdown just spiked. He can have a lot of hand that are drawing quite thin such as overpairs he tried to get tricky with pre-, sets, top pair hands and flush draws.
As it is, after the flop went check check then he raised your turn bet on a blank, there's still no reason not to want to play for stacks. The question is whether you have a better chance of getting him to put in his remaining stack by just calling or by re-raising.
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