[Sir Jecht]

So, recently I started to play the "big" game at Casino Windsor... the $200min NL table, which most people sit down with $800-$4000. Anyway, I am pretty new to the whole NL thing, but after reading part of Dan Harrington's first book, I got pretty good pretty fast. At least for live play. Anyway, this was my first night playing at the 2min table, and I played a terrible hand, but I think I was justified in it. At this point in the night I turned my $200 buy-in to about $1850. This is the hand. The villian is a LOOSE player and very aggressive... he winnings come from either pushing people out of pots or getting VERY lucky with hands like 35s. He will call ANY preflop raise of about 6x BB or less with almost any two cards. Blinds are 5/10, btw.

So, he makes it's $40 to go preflop. I know this is his standard play, and I know, no matter what flops he is going to bet $50... he's just that predictable. So I figure at this point it's gonna cost me $90 to see the turn, and he has me covered, and it will be easy to get him all in if I hit the miracle. So, that being said, I am the only caller with 24o preflop. He has position on me (he is MP, I am BB)

Flop: A J 3 rainbow (pot: $85)

I check. Villian bets $50. (exactly like I said - at this point I figure $50 for a gutshot, if I hit, it's concealed, and I get his whole stack.) I call.

Turn: 5 (full rainbow board) (pot: $185)

I check. He bets $150. Now I want to get him to reraise me to get some more of his chips. I raise to $400. He reraises all-in. I call.

Final Pot: ~$3700

Obviously this was very good for me, I had the nuts, and he went all in. Of course this is a terrible hand, but I think it's justified in that I knew costs me $90 to see a turn, and if I hit I get about $1850 from him... about 80% sure of that, I'd say. He doesn't like to fold. He turned over JJ for trips, and the board didn't pair on the river. So, I was very lucky, but with those assumptions against this player, was the play really that terrible?