Surprised with actions on this one

pokerstars Game #18860065831: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/07/16 - 09:23:52 (ET)
Table 'Sumiana' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: RottenRodney ($3.70 in chips)
Seat 2: Jeder lacht ($22 in chips)
Seat 3: Gore_2 ($21.85 in chips)
Seat 4: N.Prinz ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 5: urugada ($26.50 in chips)
Seat 6: dap3529 ($29.65 in chips)
Seat 7: DMPD ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 8: nikkoastop ($8.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Minigun134 ($37.15 in chips)
Gore_2: posts small blind $0.10
N.Prinz: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jeder lacht [Ks Kc]
urugada: calls $0.25
dap3529: folds
DMPD: folds
nikkoastop: folds
Minigun134: folds
RottenRodney has timed out
RottenRodney: folds
RottenRodney is sitting out
Jeder lacht: raises $0.75 to $1
Gore_2: folds
N.Prinz: folds
RottenRodney has returned
urugada: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [8h 4d 6h]
urugada: checks
Jeder lacht: bets $2
urugada: raises $3.50 to $5.50

He took a while to call my preflop bet. Do you think he was taking a chance and then hit, was he just bluffing, did he have a high PP? What should I do?

I'd raise a little more preflop. Just betting pot would already be $1.10, so i'd pop it to $1.25 or $1.50 here. You need to charge the set miners more preflop to decrease their implied odds.

Action looks a lot like a set or a straight, but he may also be getting back at you with a medium overpair or a good draw.

I think you can either call here and aim for a cheap showdown, or reraise to $9 and fold to a shove. You don't really want to play for stacks here unless villain is a fish.

BTW, any reads on him? PT stats?

BelgoSuisse said:

I think you can either call here and aim for a cheap showdown, or reraise to $9 and fold to a shove.

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I think raise/folding is pretty bad, considering how many players will play combo draws this fast on these flops. IMO, this is your commit decision. Get it all in here/on the turn, or if he's super nitty, you can call and fold to turn aggression. But I think its pretty ridiculous to try and get a cheap showdown in an already bloated pot.

c9h13no3 said:

I think raise/folding is pretty bad, considering how many players will play combo draws this fast on these flops. IMO, this is your commit decision. Get it all in here, or if he's super nitty, you can call and fold to turn aggression. But I think its pretty ridiculous to try and get a cheap showdown in an already bloated pot.

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I think it really depends on villain's stats. if he's quite tight, there won't be anything but small pocket pairs in the range of hands he limps/calls UTG. if he's looser and somewhat agg, there will be enough draws against us to make going on in the hand profitable.

BelgoSuisse said:

I think it really depends on villain's stats. if he's quite tight, there won't be anything but small pocket pairs in the range of hands he limps/calls UTG. if he's looser and somewhat agg, there will be enough draws against us to make going on in the hand profitable.

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Yeah, since its full ring, I wouldn't mind just throwing the hand away to a tight player. I get a lot of this "check raise cuz that board didn't connect with big cards" crap at 6max, so I'm less likely to fold an overpair. But I agree, if villain has solid stats, this is a set like 75% of the time, if not more.

schnozzinkobenstein said:

He took a while to call my preflop bet.

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Most likely read on this one is: Villain is multitabling heavily. Did you check how many tables he was at?