50NL: Medicore overpair v. flop c/rai

[Chomp]

Villain a typical Russian lagTAG, 23/16/6/800 hands. Tough and aggro. Marginal winner over my 800 logged hands. But clearly these guys do get their aggro timing wrong from time to time.

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I thought about checking flop to avoid exactly this situation - him pushing with any cc hand/maybe naked Ac/maybe 77-99/maybe overcards. But hell, I've shown plenty of strength and surely can't let him draw and just give up the initiative?

Fwiw, he tanked a reasonable amount of time before shoving.

Thanks.

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

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<font color="#C00000">SB ($49.80)</font>
Hero ($62.95)
UTG ($105.06)
Button ($77.15)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $6</font>, SB calls $4.

Flop: ($12) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $9</font>, SB calls $43.80 (All-In), Hero ???

[Pokey]

You need to win this 1/3rd of the time for calling to be proper. This type of aggro-monkey is usually going to four-bet preflop with AA/KK/QQ, so you're only real fears are 66/33/22. In a blind-vs-blind situation, I think villain happily shoves A6 here, or [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. I call -- I think your hand is probably 50/50 to be a winner, but the pot overlay makes this a safe (though crying) call.