[kupo]

Thanks for the replies. I certainly would've 3-bet without hesitation here against a complete unknown. This man seemed to pride himself on being so loose and sucking out. "That's why they call me the Mongoose," he'd say and laugh after giving another player an awful beat. In this situation I just wasn't sure, because he wasn't raising/bluffing without a hand, just fishing up a storm (he only called me down when flopping two pair in the previous hand I mentioned). And just because he's super loose doesn't mean he's a moron; I'm sure he had an idea of what kind of hands I was playing. I did indeed 3-bet him; he asked me if I had a straight, then 4-balled me in the face. I sheepishly called and he showed down K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. I understand that we need to maximize but hands like these make me wonder if I need to go with my gut sometimes.