[BarryLyndon]

I say this with no ego, if this is a question that you consider post-worthy, maybe you should move down and play 2 to 3 thousand more hands. Once again, this is not a jab at you - it's just I've found this type of honesty is always helpful.

The other thing, just to give you an idea what I'm talking about, is that you are raising to 45 not to get him to fold, but to build a big enough pot to commit him now and get his $$. You're not deep enough to make this raise and consider folding - this is not an information raise or anything like that. You have raised to 45, there really is no question to be asked. Being that there was one to be asked, I feel like you need to do some more thinking about the fundamentals of the game.