TT OOP - undercards on flop

[adlad]

Villain is 21/9/3 over a sample of 70 hands. My image was fairly tight. I reraised pf in an attempt to end the hand there as i was OOP, gain info on his hand and for an aggressive image. I'd really appreciate your opinions, as this one is bugging me a bit:) Thanks in advance.


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MP: $32.64
CO: $18.78
BTN: $25.90
SB: $24.30
Hero (BB): $27.10
UTG: $34.66

Pre-Flop: T/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif dealt to Hero (BB)
<font color="red">UTG raises to $1.25</font>, 4 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $3</font>, UTG calls $1.75

Flop: ($6.10) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif 7/images/graemlins/club.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3</font>, <font color="red">UTG raises to $7</font>

Results: $12.10 Pot ($12.10 Rake)

<font color="blue">Hero?</font>

[Milky]

Your preflop raise is way too small. Also, I'd probably just call his pfr since he's UTG and is fairly passive with his pfraising.

As played your flop bet should be bigger, somewhere around $4-5. Honestly it looks like you're up against a bigger pair or a set as I don't see him minraising w/AK/AQ here.

[Profish2285]

I would fold as played. I also wouldnt 3 bet a UTG raise until I get an idea what his UTG range is. However, if youre going to 3 bet it must be bigger, especially since youre oop. Something like 4.25-4.75.

[adlad]

Thanks for the replies /images/graemlins/smile.gif I agree that I played too weakly especially considering it was a passive UTG raiser. In future, against a player like this, I think I would elect to call (and putting him on a very tight range: AA-JJ, AK), and see if I could manouever him to fold on the flop, or hit a set.

One more question I have regarding this though: against an unknown player with this exact hand, would you call/raise/fold preflop?

[Milky]

Against an unknown UTG raise I'd play it safe and just call, hoping for a low flop or a set and go from there.