I am a former limit player (occassionally dabbled in NL) who withdrew my entire roll after the whole Neteller debacle. I would do .50/1 and occassionally 1/2 and was starting to consistently beat the game for a decent 3 BB/100. I was just at the point where I felt like I really started to get it. I started knowing where I could steal, knowing where I couldn't, when to call down with Ace High, etc. I haven't played cards very seriously in over a year (due to a deployment and also some personal issues.) I feel like I've forget everything I learned and also am being hampered by my "limit" knowledge being inappropriate for NL. Now I am trying to rebuild my roll (at 10NL), and I have a question about hands like these:


MarkRedog is at seat 0 with $3.56.
THE BALLS is at seat 1 with $2.90.
Taste234U is at seat 2 with $2.97.
Eldon is at seat 3 with $9.75.
blitz989 is at seat 4 with $1.13.
gropey is at seat 5 with $6.48.
gabanana18 is at seat 6 with $5.56.
Torracollons is at seat 7 with $9.85.
Xtreme27 is at seat 8 with $8.25.
moiraine57 is at seat 9 with $9.80.
The button is at seat 0.

Taste234U posts the small blind of $.05.
Eldon posts the big blind of $.10.

MarkRedog: -- --
Taste234U: -- --
Eldon: -- --
blitz989: -- --
gropey: -- --
gabanana18: -- --
Torracollons: -- --
Xtreme27: -- --
moiraine57: 7h 7c

Pre-flop:

blitz989 raises to $.20. gropey calls. gabanana18
folds. Torracollons folds. Xtreme27 folds.
moiraine57 calls. MarkRedog folds. Taste234U calls.
Eldon calls.

Flop (board: Qh 7s As):

Taste234U bets $.20. Eldon folds. blitz989 folds.
gropey raises to $.80. moiraine57 ????

What do I do here to maximize my profit while still protecting my very strong (but vulnerable) hand? In LHE, I could make a case for flat calling and then popping the turn as the best way to protect my hand while maximizing my proft. Here, I think Taste is making a very weak continuation bet, but would probably call $.60 with any piece of the board, though I doubt he'll call a reraise. Do I just flat call here, hope the turn brings a non scary card and drop the hammer then? Or do I reraise gropey now, and hope he caught enough of the board to call or preferably push over the top of me?