B&M 1/2 -- massive UTG over-raise

[ChuckyB]

1/2 NL at the casino.

The table is very active. 40-50% of hands are getting raised and the standard is $12. Villain's been in line with that. Open-raise to $35 is way out of line. The biggest in the previous 3 hours was $15.

It's about 1:00 a.m., two hours from closing time so some players are getting tired. I don't think villain is.

Villain is Asian and has been active. We played one hand two hours ago where he tried to bluff all-in on a 3-flush, overcard river but he didn't have enough money to force me out and I had turned a boat anyways. He's bluffed in a couple of spots on the river (dangerous boards when in position) and has shown down some good hands as well. He cold-calls too much pre-flop and doesn't appear to consider position. He hasn't suffered any big or bad beats recently.

I probably appear tight, but I've been a little looser than normal since tripling up my stack an hour ago. Relative to most of the table, I'm tight.

Effective stacks $235. I cover. I'm not even remotely worried about MP1...he could, and likely does have, a marginal hand (connector, suited connector, AT, something like that).

HERO dealt Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in MP3

<font color="red">UTG raises to $35</font>, <font color="red">MP1 all-in for $51</font>, folded to Hero, Hero pauses for a long time, looks downstream where no one seems interested, and...???

[PoppaTMan]

In my experience, these kind of massive overbets PF are either from someone steaming with air (apparently not in this instance) or a vulnerable pair of 99-JJ (sometimes QQ). Active, over-aggressive players have a tough time playing these hands multiway and see them as hands they MUST win money with, so they attempt to take it down PF or get heads up with one other monkey. I can't imagine doing anything but shoving with JJ+/AK in this spot with MP1 completely invested.

[PokerFink]

Easy push.

[effang]

one of these guys has JJ, and another is looking to gamble.

get it in.

[KurtSF]

UTG probably has JJ. Shove.

[ChuckyB]

Any advantage to a raise that isn't all in? Or cold-calling?