[marchron]

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SB looks at his hand, looks at me for a while and playing with the chips in his hand. Then he says, "97s? Yeah... you like the kind of guy who plays 97s in early position" and raises again.

Hero... ?

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You left out the suits. Any 97 makes a straight, obviously, but would 97 of the trump suit already be a straight flush or a made straight with some SF draw, or what?

If he really has the nut full house or quads, I would expect him to flat call your 3-bet, give you a cheap card, and wait for the river to go to war — unless he puts you on say 97[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and the board is 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], in which case he intends on making you pay for the two-out draw he thinks you have.

If he has 88/55 and there's already a possibility of 97s making a straight flush, then going 6 bets isn't too bright. Likewise, if the board is completely rainbow, then why would he try to let you off the hook by telling you that you're drawing dead?

My best guess (keep in mind I've never played live at any table that's not the cheapest in the room, and the players there are dumber than dirt) is that he has trip-5's, realizes he's stepped in it, wants you to think he has a straight beaten and give up.

That said, I still just call down, because from what I've heard, 6/12 players really aren't that much smarter than 3/6 players, so he may really have you beat; OTOH, if he has trip-5's, he has one out, so there's not much harm in not reraising again.