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[PhatTBoll]

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Preflop: Hero is UTG with T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>,

Flop: (7.50 SB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 caps</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 7.75 BB, won by MP3.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to MP3.</font>

[Sidekick]

I would be interested in whether you had any read on MP3 here. If MP3 is a tight conservative player then I probably play it just the way you did.

If I don't have any read on MP3, or if I think MP3 is loose aggressive, then I would call on the turn figuring that MP3 is betting top pair or a flush draw. Then depending on the river card either check and then call or bet if I make my set.

My rationale for betting this way is that MP3 was not raising pre-flop. While some folks like to limp in with monster hands, most won't.

But my way might be a bit too aggressive.

[PhatTBoll]

If I had a solid read I have forgotten it. He wasn't a maniac, so just assume a typical player.

[SteveY]

This is a weird hand because MP3 could have so many hands, stuff like A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif come into mind, but he could also have a set.

At first I thought bet the turn, fold to a raise, but some people are aggressive enough to push stuff like Ad7d here.

I think you'd at least have to have a read on MP3's preflop play here in order to decide if he has you beat. What kinds of hands would he coldcall a UTG raise with?

[PhatTBoll]

A lot of players at this level will coldcall a preflop raise with a mid- or low pocket pair. This and his action on the flop had me thinking set. I didn't think 2 more big bets would be worth it to find out.