Re: $22 - fear my minraise
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If SB has any piece of the board he's not going anywhere. He ended up folding, but you probably had the best hand anyway.
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I think it's unlikely that he has a piece of the board, which is the reason I did it.
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His bet tells you nothing really. I'm all for attacking weakness, but his bet isn't exactly inconsistent with a monster.
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I agree with this, but I think that's actually a fairly decent argument for making this play here. First off, this most likely gets the third player out of the hand, which just calling is much less likely to accomplish. As to SB, let's say I call and pick up a K on the turn, and SB fires out weakly again. Now I'm in a position where I'm pretty up in the air about how to proceed, and probably call down rather expensively. Now if I minraise here, I'm trying to represent donkishly played trips (it is a $22). This will fold him not infrequently if he has air, in my opinion. If he himself has an 8, he's likely to do one of two things here: immediately reraise, in which case I have an easy fold and haven't put too much money in; or call and check to me on the turn, figuring I'll bet again. I can check behind on the turn and have what will most likely be an easy decision on the river with a reasonably small pot.
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