too aggressive?

[dodgerfan29]

ok so this guy is extremely loose..raised preflop nearly 40% of the time..

***** Hand History for Game 2301896005 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Sunday, July 03, 04:31:03 EDT 2005
Table Table 37076 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: carts666 ( $54.39 )
Seat 3: drizz81 ( $24.65 )
Seat 5: xhemipwered ( $39.4 )
Seat 10: waterfishPK ( $27.7 )
Seat 1: slim9300 ( $21.05 )
Seat 8: sc869 ( $23.55 )
Seat 9: Tech_Girl ( $7.15 )
Seat 7: rocketrebel ( $26.15 )
Seat 4: breezewd40 ( $0 )
Seat 6: ritaredqeen ( $29.6 )
ritaredqeen posts small blind [$0.1].
rocketrebel posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to xhemipwered [ 7c 8c ]
sc869 folds.
Tech_Girl folds.
waterfishPK folds.
slim9300 folds.
carts666 folds.
drizz81 folds.
xhemipwered calls [$0.25].
ritaredqeen folds.
rocketrebel raises [$1.75].
xhemipwered calls [$1.75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Kd, 7s ]
rocketrebel bets [$1].
xhemipwered raises [$4].
rocketrebel calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
rocketrebel checks.
xhemipwered bets [$11].
rocketrebel folds.
xhemipwered does not show cards.
xhemipwered wins $22.5
drizz81 has left the table.

too heavy of a bet on the turn? or is it right to scare him away there..i really have no idea if he was chasing a straight, flush, or had something like KJ or KT possibly

[Sed]

On the turn I lower my bet to 2/3 of the pot since it is just as appropriate to protect against almost any draw and will tempt a good number of drawers into calling.

- sed

[Humphrind]

I'd go the full pot size (as you did) to protect my hand.

I don't see a big misplay here. He has a good hand, not a great hand.

[gabe]

i would never just call preflop when it was folded to me on the button.

[Humphrind]

i would never just call preflop when it was folded to me on the button.

In a tournament, or SnG, I totally agree. Never is the right word. But in a ring game, I think it's OK to do that sometimes. This situaiton was on the cusp of that determination. action, but that move wasn't what lost the hand.

[gabe]

calling is fine in a multiway pot. i would just assume raise to misrepresent the hand, or fold if theres no confidence in postflop skills.

[dodgerfan29]

yeah..i usually like to raise only a few hands..but looking back it was a good situation to be raising in..and yes i have great confidence in my post-flop play ty for the input guys.

[spino1i]

i would never just call preflop when it was folded to me on the button.

In a tournament, or SnG, I totally agree. Never is the right word. But in a ring game, I think it's OK to do that sometimes. This situaiton was on the cusp of that determination. action, but that move wasn't what lost the hand.

Well its my personal opinion that you should almost never limp preflop period in a NL ring game, but then again I am a very aggressive player.

Yeh, I cant see any point in limping in on the button with everyone folding to you, you should never give the blinds a free ride lol!

[Muxy]

I am betting 8 bucks here. Try to induce him in calling or coming over the top. If he folds meh you get $11. Good play.