Fold this early?

[Werddown]

PokerStars Game #3988053645: Tournament #19816171, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/02/16 - 00:33:03 (ET)
Table '19816171 1' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: sp3c1algam3 (1020 in chips)
Seat 2: bigslop34 (1210 in chips)
Seat 3: ukwildcat88 (1670 in chips)
Seat 4: ayekappy (1370 in chips)
Seat 5: Bellsport (1670 in chips)
Seat 6: tomko21 (3520 in chips)
Seat 7: Werddown (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: JRagsdale (1580 in chips)
sp3c1algam3: posts small blind 10
bigslop34: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Werddown [8s 8h]
ukwildcat88: calls 20
ayekappy: folds
Bellsport: calls 20
tomko21: folds
Werddown: calls 20
JRagsdale: calls 20
sp3c1algam3: calls 10
bigslop34: checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 2s 4c]
sp3c1algam3: checks
bigslop34: bets 160
ukwildcat88: folds
Bellsport: folds
Werddown: folds
JRagsdale: folds
sp3c1algam3: calls 160
*** TURN *** [7d 2s 4c] [4h]
sp3c1algam3: checks
bigslop34: bets 140
sp3c1algam3: calls 140
*** RIVER *** [7d 2s 4c 4h] [As]
sp3c1algam3: checks
bigslop34: checks

[Aplomado]

Kind of an odd overbet on the flop. At this stage it's set it or forget it with 88, so I would muck it, but no doubt these guys are donks possibly playing high cards poorly.

[daluchy]

I've come back to this hand a couple times and I'm still on the fence whether to raise or fold the flop here. He's on the BB so he could just have tpgk/tpnk.

But then he could of just hit the bb special, or if someone else has something behind you (like sp3 calling) or someone ahead of you check/raising, you are just wasting chips with 88 this early. So I dunno, I'd like to see what others say...I'm leaning fold just because you can prolly outplay them later when there's chips out there to get.

[taipan168]

I dump this to the overbet even though you might well be ahead here. To me the only other option is to raise to something like 500 - but with two active players plus the original better still to act the risk of getting re-raised (in which case you obviously have to dump it) or called (in which case it is check/fold the turn unless you hit an 8) is not worth it at this early stage IMO.

If blinds were something like 75/150 and I was in the situation (which I wouldn't be because I would have raised my 8s PF) I might consider pushing over but at 10/20 I'm not burning more than a third of my stack on this.

[Jimmy Mac]

I often see two pair overbet out of the blinds like this in low stakes SnG's.

[Staresy]

I remember a while back I posted a similar type situation and seem to think the general consensus was that, once you limp with a pocket pair for set value, you lose the right to play it as an overpair.

In this situation, you have only invested 20 chips so I begrudgingly fold, watch what crap gets flipped up here and just sit back and wait until the blinds and pots are really worth playing for before I start making really tough decisions for big portions of your stack.

[GatorJH]

If I were the first one to bet on the flop I MAY consider putting out a probe bet, but there is no way I would get into a battle with that hand this early in the tourny.

[fasin8ing]

No set no bet. To early in the tourny to be messing with id 10 t's. Save it for another hand dude. I put him on a overpair or two pair to your 8's. Look at the guys name (bigslop) WTF?

[Rockymv]

If it had checked to you I'd bet the overpair, but you've got to fold to the big flop bet.