nl50, 88 in 3bet pot... i played this like a fool!

[swainy]

villain is 13/7/2.25 after ~200 hands.
my vpip was ~27 and i had made a PFR in 3 out of the last 4 hands

i played this hand really poorly. What would you have done? His betting was so weak i wasn't giving him credit for a real hand. i was hoping AK...

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

MP2: $40.25
CO: $74.90
BTN: $55.85
SB: $54.40
BB: $33.05
UTG: $50
UTG+1: $9.50
Hero (MP1): $52.80

Pre-Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (MP1)
2 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to $5</font>, 2 folds, Hero calls $3

<font color="blue">im calling for set value here, his stats are really tight so I'm thinking his range is JJ+ AQs+. </font>

Flop: ($10.75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $3.50</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $12</font>, BTN calls $8.50

<font color="blue"> no 8 so i was planning on just folding, but this bet was so weak, i just couldn't do it. Instead, i responded with a rather weak raise of my own, but i thought it might get AQ/AK to fold.</font>

Turn: ($34.75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $38.85 and is All-In</font>, Hero folds sheepishly, feeling like a an idiot

So, how would you play this? Could i have just called on the flop, or maybe led out? perhaps i could have called him down if he made 3 weak bets...? Or perhaps,i should have folded on the flop!

all responses appreciated, thanks [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[pattay]

you kinda played the middle road on this hand. like you said, you were planning on set-mining the flop, but then you decided to c/r, but you didnt wanna go all out on the c/r so you made a weak bet. you kinda gotta pick a plan of action and stick with it. i think preflop is fine, and since the bet is so weak on the flop id probably c/c, and i check the turn again and fold to basically any decent sized raise. if youre gonna re-raise the flop, grow a sack and make a bigger raise

[keepitreal]

his weak bet is tricky obviously. sometimes i raise and get a fold, other times it turns out to be too strong a hand but i like to do this in position more than out of position for the obvious reason of action on the turn. rr'ing here builds the pot quickly and forces u to play a weak hand oop so i might not. but sometimes its worth a shot as long as u give up (which u did). for so cheap i might just call (in case its AK/AQ...although it later appears not to be) and see where we're at on the turn...but still folding to any strength.

you didnt play it like a fool...if u had gotten stacked, you would have played it like a fool.

[AceHigh]

More and more I play for set value in these situations. It just gets too expensive, too fast when I'm up against an overpair.

[Chargers In 07]

I play for set value, you're way behind his reraising range. I think this would be closer w/JJ but I may still play for set value w/JJ.