NL50: Rivered set facing minraise deep

[LordTacohead]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero ($99.90)
Button ($130.35)
SB ($45.05)
BB ($72.10)
UTG ($37.95)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, Button calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($4.75) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($4.75) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($4.75) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $8</font>, Hero?

Villain is a loose caller, both sides of the flop. Once before, he'd called the flop with just a gutshot draw, then minraised the turn when it hit. On the other hand, I'd seen him go way, way too far with weak top pair-type hands. No stats. The minraising concerns me, since I'd only seen him do that with the nut straight, but my sample is small. Go nuts and hope he has a hand like KQ or QJ, or just call because of all the possible straights?

[Panthro]

20

fold to a shove

[LordTacohead]

Haha, how about another minraise?

[LordTacohead]

Nobody?

[Check_The_Nuts]

I have to raise here man. I mean checking a set or straight on this board on the turn is so awful I wouldn't care if he had a straight/set on the river. Thats just a cooler IMO.

[LordTacohead]

The action continues:

I raise to $20. He reraises to $40. You suggest a push?

[Check_The_Nuts]

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The action continues:

I raise to $20. He reraises to $40. You suggest a push?

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geezus [censored] christ he minraised two [censored] times. I call and I think its really really close. God damn that raise is scary.

[Numfar]

Just call the initial river bet. Your read is that he minraises monsters - it's very possible that he could have a monster on that board. I can't see any reason why he would minraise TP there when he didn't bet the flop or turn - unless you've seen him do that before.

I guess he could have slowplayed 44 though.

As played I really want to fold to his 4-bet on the river but would call.

This all changes if "I'd seen him go way, way too far with weak top pair-type hands" means he would minraise the river with them.

[Check_The_Nuts]

numf - there are a ton of two pair combinations that he probably thinks are the nuts and will call a third raise with. This is why I like reraising the guy.

[Numfar]

I don't mind the re-raise and it's probably standard against most people - it's just that we have a read here so that makes me worry about the minraise. If we have reason to think his range for "monsters" is wide then I think you are probably right and the raise would be best.