How much to bet with mid-pair?

[IcyHotMonkey]

Do you check or bet this? And if you bet, how much? No reads, new table.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t400 with t25 antes (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t12105)
UTG+1 (t19675)
MP1 (t40016)
MP2 (t8250)
MP3 (t7071)
CO (t18147)
Button (t3005)
SB (t25434)
Hero (t13792)

Preflop: Hero is in BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, Button calls t400, SB calls t200, Hero checks

Flop: (t1425) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: (t1425) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero ????</font>

[FortunaMaximus]

0, because he flopped strongly to it both years.

[IcyHotMonkey]

Do you call a min. bet by the button? How about a 600 bet?

[FortunaMaximus]

Why? If he wants to take down the small pot, you'll have position on him most of the next few orbits if the table stays static.

There's no point in fighting over a 3.5BB pot with your stack size.

I might get feisty with this sometimes, but it's too FPS with those stacks.

[IcyHotMonkey]

I agree with you. But I could also see someone min. betting or calling a min. bet hoping to keep the pot small or hitting two pair. The problem with that is you become very vunerable and get a bad image getting pushed around all the time, uncertain of your strength.

[FortunaMaximus]

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I agree with you. But I could also see someone min. betting or calling a min. bet hoping to keep the pot small or hitting two pair. The problem with that is you become very vunerable and get a bad image getting pushed around all the time, uncertain of your strength.

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Well, that's exploitable too, so that's not a bad thing.

[StevoC]

Check. The pot is small enough in relation to your stack that you shouldn't be betting out on a marginal hand. Fold to any bet, not worth picking a battle over a hand in which you know little about.

[OnYourRight]

bet 1000 - The short stack is limping on the button with nobody in the pot before him. This means he's got crap or he'd go all in. He's desperately trying to find a way to stay alive, and if he hit his king, there's little chance he'd slowplay it with two opponents. I would pretty much forget the SB is in the hand at this point. I say it's yours if you want it. If the button reraises all in, no big deal, he's likely to do that with a 4, 8, or spades at this point. If the SB raises, fold.