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This hand occurred in a 5-10 NL game the other day. It was a live game. I was hoping to get a little help on it.

5 handed.

Hero in small blind. Live straddle to $20.
Folded to hero who raises to $60 with TcTd from SB.
BB folds, UTG (straddle) calls. UTG is fairly new to the game, but appears to be fairly loose aggressive.

Flop: 3s 5s 8d

Hero bets $100. UTG raises to $225. Hero calls.

Turn: 2c

Hero bets $250. UTG raises all-in for $1000 more.

Hero?



Any help would be appreciated, whether or not I should call here, or whether I should have done something different in the hand.

Thanks.

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Hey,

Welcome to the forums. You have to raise more preflop. People always raise big in straddled hands to take down the extra money, and when you have a big hand you want to be able to make it look like a steal. I probably make it $100 preflop. As for the turn lead, it's so small relative to the pot that I think you open yourself up to a lot of bluffs so that might tilt it towards calling. Also, if you're going to just call the flop I prefer a check/raise on the turn in case your opponent's getting frisky with spades.

The way this action went down though, I imagine you're beat. Villain probably has a junk two pair or 46 or spades, but I doubt he's trying to bluff spades given that you've pretty clearly shown the strength of your hand IMO.