Another blind battle - ATo

[billyjex]

I need to leave this table. Everyone keeps folding to the blinds.

No read on villian, this is his second hand at the table and he's not in my PT database.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

I figure I have the best hand here, but I decide to call to pop him on the turn.

Turn: (5 BB) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Now the Q scared me, so I decided to go into call down mode. Should I still have raised him here?

River: (7 BB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB

I felt a little lost on this hand, so I just called. Comments?

[Nick C]

I would probably go ahead and raise the flop. My thinking is that my opponent has represented a big hand with his preflop cap and I'd rather get 3-bet on the flop than on the turn if my opponent in fact does have a big pocket pair. (Of course, my opponent might instead call my flop raise and then checkraise the turn.)

But I don't think waiting for a safe turn card is bad, and I don't think calling down once the queen falls is bad either.