Anyone play this differently postflop?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed)

SB ($10.91)
BB ($79.05)
UTG ($44.1)
UTG+1 ($52.6)
MP1 ($50.3)
MP2 ($8.3)
Hero ($51.25)
CO ($49.25)
Button =#A500AF(Villian)/ ($101.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
4 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, Button =#A500AF(Villian)/ calls $2, 2 folds.

Flop: ($4.75) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $4, Villian raises to $12, Hero calls $45.25 (All-In), Villian calls $37.25.

Turn: ($103.25) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($103.25) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $103.25

Post flop no, I really dont like the preflop raise with 22, since more often than not you are going to miss the flop, and when you miss you wont have a draw to semibluff with.

I agree w/ rhound... I don't really like the PF raise, but, since you did raise, he must have thought you were on an overpair, and so I actually like your postflop play... I would definitely bet out the flop w/ the flush and straight draw, and make him pay if he wants to chase...

Unfortunately for me he flopped a set of 3's lol

bk... I don't know what the odds of set-over-set are, but they can't possibly be very high... He certainly didn't play it like he hit a set, and you're gonna lose all your money with this no matter what you do... I generally don't worry much about set over set, just like I don't generally worry about running into pocket aces when I have pocket kings... if it happens, it happens, and there's probably nothing that's gonna save me from losing a lot of money...

TUP posted a very instructive table of chances of someone having a higher pocket pair than yours...
http://livepokerforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1510
you'll see that in a 10 handed game, with a pp of 2 you have basically 1/3 of chances that someone has a higher pair than yours.
that doesn't give the chances of flopping a set over a better set but give you a pretty good idea of how you are exposed to that.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I raised preflop hoping to buy the button and being in the postion to get the blind(s) to fold by representing post flop. I have been raising small pocket pairs in LP when I'm first to enter the pot more often lately. I really didn't want to get called. I figured that if I limped I'd be giving up the button to the button and giving him position where I'd have to fold on almost any flop that I don't hit a set. Alternatively I'd be letting the blind in for free. I don't know if that is a mistake or not.

How do other players play small pp's in LP. Is it always limping for set value?

I think a mistake I made was not considering the button for a higher set. I realize most players don't think this much at the small stakes but I've been playing them for a while (blew my roll in the real world and am rebuilding).

As another poster mentioned the blind shold be considering me for an overpair. I don't think that someone wanting a free card raises this much. He either has an overpair to the flop or a set.

Does anyone think he would play TPTK this strong?

So it's push or fold. My mistake was not reasoning through the potential holdings of villian. I'm trying to make a point of doing this rather than getting caught up in the momentum of a hand, going on auto piolet and playing strong preflop hands too strong post flop (and similar situations-I know pocket 2's is not a strong hand preflop this would be one of those 'similar situation' i.e. holding bottom set while representing a high pp, AK, AQ or some other random cards making a continuation bet). In this case I saw my money card and pushed. I am working on slowing down some post flop (thinking more and auto piolet less) and didn't do so in this case.

I think I push here every time and see an overpair the vast majority of the time.

BK there is no way you can get away from this hand at this level of play. If you fold a set on that board fearing another bigger set you are playing scared. Set over set is really rare, 95% of the time you are going to be up against a hand you have destroyed. Keep playing your sets just like you did here and you will be fine.

As for raising with small PP in late position, I dont do this for a couple of reasons, when you miss you have no draw and if bet and get called you are going to be behind almost every time, even someone on a flush draw has you beat since both of his cards are live and you are statisticlly behind. Reason #2 that I dont reraise here is I dont want someone limp raising me here from EP. I really want to see as many cheap flops as possible with small PP, since they dont hit often but when they do you have a monster.