Helps to have better reads (sucks you've only seen fifteen hands)...

Pre-flop: I like your call here. No need to get jiggy with a raise and re-raise in front of you. Look to hit your set or a favorable flop and go from there.

Flop: Okay, we got our favorable flop. From here you have a few ways to handle this...

1) Lead out for 3/4's the pot and see what happens. I don't like this play b/c you'll have no idea what you're up against because you're OOP. If people call it could be a monster, if people re-raise they could have a monster or air...

2) Check-fold, wait for a better spot. This play isn't bad because you have no reads, because you don't know where you're at...but I think you're losing a LOT of value here if you make this play. Kinda depends on how big of a c-bet the villian makes. If he likes his hand it will be big, if he doesn't like his hand so much he may just have overs. I don't mind this line at all and will take it quite often.

3) Check-raise flop. You're taking control of this hand...if he comes back over the top of you then you know you're good to lay it down, if he folds then it's all good....if he just flat calls his hand is a little more defined (maybe he's drawing, maybe he's got a big PP but is scared), so you can lead the turn. With no reads against a TAgg that has only played 2/15 hands or whatever......this may not be the best play.



As played I'm either check-raising the piss out of this guy (his $8 bet into a $21 pot screams weakness), and playing the hand accordingly from there (depending on how he reacts)......or I'm check-folding.