$60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) converter

Hero (t3350)
MP (t1340)
CO (t3045)
Button (t815)
SB (t940)
BB (t4010)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t450</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t975) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t300</font>

Hero?

No real reads other than villain seems solid.

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

He is asking you if you have an overpair.

Well do ya? Do ya punk?

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

Fold. Why play a big pot with the only guy at the table who can stack you and two overcards?

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

Probe bets are usually a sign of a marginal holding. I would expect him to have a flush draw, or maybe a hand like 66. How I act against this type of bet is usually dependent upon what type of player he is (i.e. does he call too much, is he a puss, is he tricky, etc.)

edit: after looking at stacks, i usually let this one go.

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

So is it a question of raising or folding? And if a raise, how much?

Oh yeah, hero has played very tight and only shown down the nuts to this point.

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

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So is it a question of raising or folding? And if a raise, how much?

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If you're going to raise, make it 1300 to go or so. This will be enough to fold him if he's going to fold, most of the time, and still leaves you with ~1600 if you're wrong.

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

Two random questions:

1) Have I played with you before?

2) What's this villian's username? (I ask this because most solid villians multitable and I see a lot of the same faces)

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

well, you have pos, so i would likely raise just under the pot if he was weak tight. but based on the stacks, there is no reason to get involved here.

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

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1) Have I played with you before?

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This is actually a hand from my study partner, and I don't think I should just give out his username w/o asking. Hero is generally extremely tight, so villain could have that read. (Just FYI - I'm suzzer99 on Stars, usually play after work Pacific Time. Hero would have an aggro read on me if anything.)

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2) What's this villian's username?

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Easy 2

Re: $60 - common situation, not sure what to do
 

I know you don't want to tangle with another big stack, and I often play weak against them in the situation, but...

Here you have a guy that can afford to take shots at pots. He has just seen a ragged flop that is unlikely to have hit you and is only really worried about you having an overpair.

He actually has the advantage of acting first here with this flop, and there is a good chance he is just trying to exploit this.

I think I would re-raise here, if he calls/raises you are done with this hand unless the turn hits you. Even though he is the only guy that can stack you, he won't here because you missed this flop just like he probably did.