[Little John]

i figure villian's most likely hands are the following:

- a jack

- a middle pair

- 7 (maybe A7 if he stinks really bad or 87s)

- overcards

- flush or str8 draw

- nothing

- monster

once the flop comes you MUST get as many chips in the middle as fast as possible. so the question after the raise is do you want to call, raise, or push.

i think pushing is clearly the best for almost all possible hands that villian may have:

J or moster - does not matter, you are going broke.

Middle pair - you need to push and get them in the middle if he has 88 before a turn or river card scares him.

7 - same thing, get them in before a turn card scares him.

Overcards - you cant call the raise and give him a free shot to hit his A or K, plus if you call the raise he is not gonna put in that many more chips. so just push and make him pay if want to see the next two cards.

flush/str8 draw - he will pay to see the next two cards so just get 'em. if the turn is 2d he may get scared.

nothing - he is not gonna have nothing too often (like 5d4d) very often and he is not gonna bluff future streets very often so no biggie to push him out.