KK hand with a tuff decision. You make the call!

I min-raised pre-flop in early position to hopefully get a re-raise from someone around the button..Mixing up my play, so let it be..

The Op had been playing quit a few pots, so I figured he was more agressive and looser than most..

***** Hand History for Game 2775793552 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, September 25, 21:43:22 EDT 2005
Table Table 37487 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Surf_Thug_ ( $24.75 )
Seat 2: DuHast533 ( $50.48 )
Seat 3: shady_guy ( $2.50 )
Seat 4: PitbullLee ( $24.28 )
Seat 5: Againstheods ( $25.97 )
Seat 6: caldereta ( $24.65 )
Seat 8: Rathantalis ( $24.40 )
Seat 9: DingmanAA ( $46.51 )
Seat 10: SUNRISESIGH ( $6 )
Seat 7: SwaumpThang ( $25 )
DingmanAA posts small blind [$0.10].
SUNRISESIGH posts big blind [$0.25].
SwaumpThang posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Surf_Thug_ [ Kd Kh ]
Surf_Thug_ raises [$0.50].
DuHast533 folds.
shady_guy folds.
PitbullLee calls [$0.50].
Againstheods folds.
caldereta folds.
SwaumpThang folds.
Rathantalis folds.
DingmanAA calls [$0.40].
SUNRISESIGH folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 9s, 2s ]
DingmanAA checks.
>You have options at Table 37220 Table!.
Surf_Thug_ bets [$1.50].
PitbullLee folds.
DingmanAA raises [$4].
>You have options at Table 37220 Table!.
Surf_Thug_ raises [$6.50].
DingmanAA is all-In [$42.01]

Your Play?????

i call here. seems to be he has TT or JJ and if he has a set im paying him. only thing im worried about here is 97

Don't minraise.

I'm calling and paying off a set here. But seriously, don't minraise, this dude could have anything.

On second thought, this screams TT, JJ, or a huge draw. Call his overbet and let the chips slide your way.


P.S. Don't minraise.

Get off the min-raising.

It's my play and I do it occasionally, and i'd say about 75% of the time I get re-raised and I have a chance to build the pot really really big pre-flop with a huge hand.

This is why I sometimes do this from UTG or UTG+1..

If I just flat call, it turns the entire table into a limp fest, therefore rendering my KK's worthless.

If I raise to $1.00 it sets off huge warning bells and I'd say 75% of the time I just steal the worthless blinds.

Occasionally I will min raise, therefore luring a player to re-raise with a hand he thinks is best. When nobody re-raises and I get multiple calls I play the hand very very carefully, but most the time it works and I can have a better chance at disguising my hand and winning a huge pot.

Either way, that's not the point of this post..

Anyone else have a take?

Min raise is weak, I dont care if you set "warning bells" JJ and TT will not lay down for 4x, they see that flop and there like wham. Your flop min-re-raise is weak too i think. Pay off a set if you have to.

Your min raises let some hand like 7-9 catch two pair and is now overbetting to protect. Even though it is against my principle to fold, you should fold since some junk hand caught a big piece.... if you raised higher (like 4-5x bb) I'd call then