I Keep Dreaming of This WSOP Hand...

[allenciox]

The real problem with this hand is that you set yourself up for the difficult post-flop decision by playing it so fast in the beginning. That's why the pros play small-ball, they want to make sure they are ahead before they get their chips in.

IMHO, I would reraise this preflop to only 500 --- I just want to buy position, not scare away the raiser and his tagalong. If I just call behind, I encourage every Tom, Dick, and Harry to do so behind me. But since I rate to be head of both of the hands I am up against, a pot sweetener preflop bid rates to be good. And it doesn't swell the pot the way your bet did.

In some ways, your preflop raise is the worst of both worlds --- you give your opponents enough odds to call your raise with a small pair, but make it big enough that it is difficult for you to get away when they hit their set. The way to exercise pot control is to make smaller bets.