mid pos/ mid pr how should I think?

#1 21st March 2008, 1:17 AM

Against a player I think I know his play I have 8's in mid pos. I 3x (120)raise after 3 folds and get reraised twice my raise by the sm blind. Should I call, reraise or fold? The 2 times he was in sm blind I raised w/sm prs and he folded this was 3rd time so I thought he was fighting back. Flop was 2-4-6 he bet 1/2 pot I pushed allin he called w/Q's.
This was 32 hand and my 9th pr so I looked like a loose player I guess. Do good players fold to reraise preflop or just call flop bet. Please help my thinking.
Thanks

#2 21st March 2008, 7:04 AM

The minute he raised me, I would switch from assuming I had the best hand, to assuming I had the worst. I'd probably still call the raise (assuming the stacks warranted it), but unless I hit an 8 on the flop, I'd probably be done with the hand. There are just too many pocket pairs bigger than 8s to play them that aggressive, in my opinion.

#3 21st March 2008, 8:17 AM

I'll have to agree with pokervic.definitly just call his reraise.If he leads out(which he should)and I missed my set,I would have to lay it down.

#4 21st March 2008, 6:15 PM

Preflop you played it fine IMO. Folding is to a min raise pf is too tight, you might have the best hand if he has two high cards and if he has a big PP you'll stack him if you hit a set. Postflop shoving is way too aggressive, you should just call and see what he does on the turn. If he bets the turn he probably has a big pair and you should fold, if he checks he probably has AK or AQ.

#5 21st March 2008, 7:44 PM

What are the stack sizes? and any stats or reads on villain?

Both of these will largely effect the outcome

#6 23rd March 2008, 1:47 AM

20/40 blinds I had 1860 and he had 2080. Preflop I raised to 120 he reraised to 360. 760 in pot he bet 400 on flop. After looking back at the game he had played less than 20% of hands and did not defend blinds. I felt I could not call, it was push or fold. A call would have left me with only 1100 chips and a pot of 1560. I don't like to have less than the pot with cards to still to come. All I could think about was I have an overpair and this is the 2nd best flop I could hope for.
Thanks to all for the great advice.

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