Is the monster in my hand or under the bed?

[Bill Smith]

Villian is 25/19/5 over about 75 hands and he's had the better of me so far. I had been pretty quiet for the last 20 hands. I struggle with spots like this - I can't tell if the small 3-bet is looking for info, toying with me, or trying to bait me into a move.

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Absolute NL Hold'em Ring - .5/1
Blinds (5 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Button ($39.65)
Seat 2: Small blind ($311.85)
Seat 4: BB ($368.25)
Seat 5: UTG (Hero) ($151.60)
Seat 6: CO ($188.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero raises ($4), <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Small blind calls ($3.50), BB (Folds)

Flop: ($8.5) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind bets ($6), Hero raises ($18), Small blind raises ($40)...

[aislephive]

Are you contemplating a fold? No way. I'd 4 bet, too many [censored] turns to just call.

[anacrime]

Easy push.

BTW I raise this flop to atleast $22. Your smallish raise gives him like 2.7:1 to peel a turn.

[Praetor]

id raise first time to like $24 or so.

I would call now and see what turn brings and he does