66 Spikes top set, how would you play this hand?

7 handed .25/.50 NLHE Ring Game, the table is pretty soft, with a couple of solid players in the game, both on my right, thankfully.

Big blind I wake up with 6s6d, it's been called around to me. I considered raising, but at this table, ussually when I raise I get enough callers that the worse hands are getting pot-odds to call. I decided to check, however in retrospect I wish I would have bet something outrageous.

The flop comes 6h4h2s. The small blind bets $3 into the $3 pot, I raise him to $8, folded around to him he shoves all-in for $22 more.

I put him on a combo draw or 2-pair, but consider the made straight, and call. I called as I had $70 in my stack at the time.

He flipped over 35o and I failed to get on a boat with my flippy floppies.

1. I could have raised to $5 and the same 6 people would have called.
2. I couldn't have folded on the flop, could I? I couldn't have called either. Spiking a set is a stacking opportunity, and you have to do everything in your power to get as much money into the pot as possible, right?

My opponent lucked out and flopped a bigger monster that stood up. I think no matter how I played this hand I would have doubled him up.

Opinions are welcome, please and thank you.

might as well raise with 66 pf in the bb. Especially. if you are going to get callers.... You might take it down with a cbet HU or 3-way for one, but how often do you think this 35 makes a call with your raise, for example. Sure you might not have gotten stacked this hand. But the idea is to get stacks in when you hit right? You really dont get to stack that often without raising....except for situations like this where you are behind, or someone hit a higher set..... Secondly the more that is in the pot, the more lilkely of a call from a fish, or an overpair....etc. The main thing you really are doing here is set mining. If you are at a limpy table, then you are just stealing the dead money when you raise. Punish those limpin mother bleepers.

66 I would've reraised to try and get the cruddy hands (like that one) to fold out.

If you reraised, and that flop came, you would never had even thought to put him on 5-3os, where here the thought crossed your mind.

Post-flop, I cant really say. If you seriously thought he had the straight, then fold your trips.

What I'm basically saying is, make a reraise so you dont have to run into this situation.

Re-raising 66 in the BB after a few limps is retarded. Don't do it. Take the oportunity to set mine and if you can get it in on the flop when you hit, always. On the turn/river if draws hit you have to make a decision but folding sets is a mugs game 99% of the time.

EDIT: You were unlucky he had a straight e.g the very top of his range.

1. Yes you could have raised but as you said you would have been bloating the pot oop with 66.
2. No then yes.

Tough hand maybe a small raise might have made him muck his hand, but with so many players playing like donkeys he probably would have called anyway! How could you put him on a straight, limping with 35 os is retarded no matter where your position is, thats one of those pull the hair from your head hands.GL

You played it just fine. Coolered

If everyone is calling and playing any pair post flop checking your option with small pairs in the BB is fine. Just a cooler.

Cooler, just move on.

Agree, a cooler.

I guess I'm in the minority on this one. If the table has a lot of limpers, I am raising to get the pure junk hands out.

By raising here it is possible (although unlikely) that we take the pot down preflop. But the best part is there is likely nobody to put us on the set when we hit it. Chances are that we will get a post flop call on whatever we bet (2/3rd pot bet) trying to float to hit an Ace with their Ax rags... Even better if they hit 2 pair

Yeah, it's a cooler hand if the 35 stays in but pre-flop you are a 81% favorite versus that hand. We want him to call and donate his chips.

I don't think you could realistically ever put someone on a made straight there, or even 2pair. The shove looks to me like an underset, overpair or maybe a loose flush draw. Either way, you made the correct call and were destined to pay the villain off.