Hand from FT of Quadruple Shootout

[Fireball_AA]

What is you plan if you raise to 750 and get re-raised all-in pre-flop? What if he calls... you play a huge pot (1500 with 2000 behind) OOP...

IF you call, do you really only play for set value? hope not...

I know my options, I want some reasoning behind either play...What would you do and why?

[flopking]

Your options are simple. Longball or Smallball.

As you say: If you jam the pot with a 3x raise, there is a high likelihood you get called or villain comes over the top. This is a high variance, high reward play... because there is a ~50% chance of an overcard appearing on the flop if he calls (and he could have any ace or paint right?) If he pushes you are almost certainly flipping or dominated... I don't know the stove numbers for this, but it's probably something like 48% or better... in short , you have a thin but exploitable edge...

If you passively call, you are ideally looking for a seven on the flop. but even when you don't there is a fair chance that villain's hand did not improve... here you could use a decent size probe bet 1/2 to 2/3 of the pot (which is only about 200-300) and still get away with a manageable stack if he pushes back hard...

With your stack size I like the smallball approach with a middle pair OOP.. it's still five handed... you are getting fine odds to call and evaluate a flop.. you don't yet need to push your marginal edge to the max...