Originally Posted by dalecooper
Sigh. That situation sucks. I'd usually figure ride for a pocket pair lower than kings (TT or JJ maybe) and probably not on a 9, though it's not impossible. But a guy like that is not usually calling a raise out of position preflop with any hand that has a 9 in it, unless there are two of them. I doubt he'd play 88 so aggressively. Basically his donk bet makes his hand pretty transparent to me. bon3 could have a lot though - two spades, a straight draw, or a combination thereof; he could also have an 8, a 9, some pocket pair, though his aggression factor isn't off the charts which probably rules out some of the worse hands. His minraise is worrisome - some donks only do that when they have the trips ("pay me off!") and others do it when they have a good draw, because they're donks.
Given all the money already in the pot, I'd probably push here with a normal stack. But the other worry is that you and bon3 are both deep. Would it be too ridiculous to flat and see what peels on the turn, and how our donk follows up his minraise?
