what to do about middle pair on big blind....

[bluefeet]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t2820)
Hero (t1710)
UTG (t1160)
Button (t3310)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t200) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, SB calls t300.

Turn: (t1400) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1010 (All-In)</font>, SB folds.

Final Pot: t2410


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Never sure quite what to do with middle pair - especially with just one limper. His pot+ bet is a no-brainer to get me off, perhaps with nothing at all. Figuring i had the best hand I min-raised....T600 of my stack is cleary indication that I'm taking a stand.

Problem is, what do you do when they call? Granted, the Q wasn't what I wanted to see. But clearly he wasn't holding an A or he would have raised preflop, or reraised post-flop. I pushed on the turn attempting to indicate that I had the A all along.

What do you think?
Push on the flop?
Fold on the flop bet?
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Check it down/fold to a bet on the turn/river?

[treeofwisdom7]

i dont think he had an ace.. but maybe a low pair or a middle pair like you with a higher kik.. when the queen came i think your push was a great idea!

[Maulik]

I become very careful when someone is betting an ace. I'll usually drop it unless I see them playing lots of trash. people like their aces.

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