NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

***** Hand History for Game 2509284823 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, August 10, 01:23:32 EDT 2005
Table Table 37025 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: maximus0420 ( $96.60 )
Seat 3: bjb33 ( $55.80 )
Seat 4: Jonmiklthor ( $32.70 )
Seat 5: brian94709 ( $48.65 )
Jonmiklthor posts small blind [$0.25].
brian94709 posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to brian94709 [ Ac 9d ]
maximus0420 calls [$0.50].
bjb33 calls [$0.50].
Jonmiklthor folds.
brian94709 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Ad, 9c ]
brian94709 bets [$2].
maximus0420 raises [$4].
bjb33 folds.
brian94709 raises [$8].
maximus0420 is all-In [$92.10]
KEN_34 has joined the table.
brian94709 is all-In [$38.15]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

Lead, call the raise, lead turn, fold to re-raise?

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

anyone else have any suggestions? Is it clear that I shouldnt end up all in here?

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

Looks like you ran into a set. Did you have any sort of read on this player at all?

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

just so you know, some people (me included) will not bother to read a post that is not converted, you can convert hand histories into nicer looking form here:

http://www.selachian.com/tools/bison...hconverter.cgi

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

I didnt have much of a read, as a result of not playing at this table particularly long. Villain had not done anything out of the ordinary so far; certainly he was not a maniac.

Is top two pair basically not a hand you go all in with against a random opponent on a ragged board? Or should I just realize that if I flop top two pair and my opponent flops a set, Im going to be paying him off?

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

btw, I have used the hand converter before, but for some reason this hand just wasnt converting properly..

Re: NL newb asks: how do you play this top two pair?
 

Ive learned (the hard way) that two pair is not a hand to get married to. When I flop two pair, I play it pretty fast. In this case Id probably muck it.