general mid pocket pair question

[brian94709]

Here's a general situation I find annoying. You call a preflop raise with a medium pocket pair.. say 77 to 99. You go to the flop heads up.

The flop is all rags, giving you an overpair to the board.

What's a standard line for this, both in and out of position?

[JeanieJ]

It's very read/stat dependant on your opponent. You could bet into him and fold to a raise. But if he just calls, you're sort've in a pickle.

Generally my rule goes with the "No Set No Bet" rule. I play pocket pairs(small-medium) for set value NOT for pair value.

In Position you could raise a medium sized bet and fold to a reraise, but a lot of bigger pairs will just call here hoping to get you to bet again on the turn and extract more money from you.

I think the best idea is to stick to the no set no bet rule. It may cost you a few posts here and there but the money it saves you out weighs the money you lose betting with an over pair to the board.

[Cardinal991]

OOP:If it was folded around to the raised in LP, and you called in a blind, I would lead out a PSB w/ an overpair. If you limped in E-MP and there were several callers before (or after) the raiser, I'd probably check and fold to any reasonable bet.

In position: I'd bet or raise to a check or a .5 pot type bet (respectively) and fold to a reraise.

As a rule, though, if I'm in a raised pot w/ 55-99 I'm pretty much playing it for set value. Only with a single, OOP villain am I going to be doing much pushing post flop.