1/2 NL Middle set vs. 2p2er. DEEEP

[aejones]

My thoughts on the hand:

My read on Pasterbator is that he is a TAG, pushing LAG at times. I think of the regular TAGs on 1-2 PP, he is probably in the upper echelon. I have him at 21/18 over ~300 hands, and I do know that he likes to 3-bet preflop perhaps more than average. I realize he is probably 3-betting me light on occasion, but it really doesn't effect my play because I'm running at something like 30/20, so he is often correct to 3-bet me light. I have never seen him get out of line though or show down anything ridiculous, so I always assume he's got a pretty strong holding, especially OOP.

The size of his reraise to 24 is fine. It's standard, and I don't like changing it because we're deep. What are you going to make it 40? Blowing me off of my raising hand from the button (..uh, a little bit of a wide range) seems like a mistake unless you are afraid to play postflop. There are other reasons I don't like raising it big, but I'd rather not elaborate. As said previously, I will call the raise to 25 with any two that I would raise to 7 with from the button when we are this deep.

Your options of lines in this hand suck. They are absolutely terrible. I went over every option you had with a friend, and we agreed that nothing was particularly pleasing. That said, once more is said and results are revealed, I will say why I played the hand the way I did, and the range I can have and what he should put me on.