Bottom set against known aggressive player

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I thought if I hit my set, I could win a good sized pot

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Good preflop thinking. Now, HOW were you going to win a good-sized pot? Using this line? Or did you just ad lib this?

I'm not commenting on the line you took, as it's probably only a 1 or 2 SB swing, either way, and that probably works out about even, anyway. My point is, if you're going to engage in preflop thinking like this, it behooves you to have a plan as to how you're going to "win a good-sized pot."

(Ok, I can't help myself...a read on BB would help. If he's going to fold the flop, regardless, if he missed it, then betting out is fine. If you think he'll call one but not two, then you should c/r the flop and trap him between you and aggro-boy. Once you've made your decision about BB, you have to figure out UTG+2...once BB folds the only reason to smooth-call his flop raise is if you think he'll just call down if you 3-bet, in which case you want to c/r the turn, not donkbet. I can't decide whether UTG+2 is jackass enough (or you got lucky enough) that this line got you 2 extra BB on the turn, or whether you left bets on the table by not 3-betting the flop against a Villan that would continue to be aggressive until 3-bet on the turn with a hand like A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].)