I hate this hand
 

Villain is ~35/13/5 with hardly any hands on him. I haven't seen him do anything really laggy in 30 or so hands without showing the goods down.

MP is pretty loose and will cold-call AK and AQ as well as much worse.

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG raises, MP cold-calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls, BB folds

Without the cold-caller, I 3-bet here automatically. Should I still reraise? I seem to find myself in this exact situation a lot with 55-99.


Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> (7 SB)
Hero bets, UTG raises, MP folds, Hero calls


Turn: A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> (11 SB)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero folds.

I was planning to check-call down, but the Ace changed my mind. Anyone got a better line here?

Re: I hate this hand
 

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Without the cold-caller, I 3-bet here automatically. Should I still reraise? I seem to find myself in this exact situation a lot with 55-99.

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88+ I often raise here even with the CC if he's reasonable loose, but villians 10% PFR will often make me call this.

I 3-bet the flop if he raises me on turn I will probably fold. Sometimes I call down to get a better read.

Re: I hate this hand
 

I'd probably play it the same way. There's a few KQ/KJ type hands you're still ahead of, but I don't think you're ahead often enough, or getting him to fold a better hand enough, to make a stab at this. I'd play it all the same.