88 in BB - min raise on flop

[ManicLombax]

This felt pretty bad, but not sure if I misplayed it. Preflop, I don't really want to raise over 3 limpers. You generally can't get people to fold early on in a deep stack tourney like this unless you bet really big, and I didn't want to raise to 400 and find myself playing a huge pot oop against 3 people. The flop is good for me, so I bet out. I get min-raised, though, which confuses me. I don't really want to fold my overpair, but I don't want to flat either, since there are so many cards I really don't want to see on the turn.

Any suggestions on how I could have played this better?


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 3.3 Tournament, 30/60 Blinds (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t5318)
Button (t5277)
SB (t2170)
Hero (BB) (t2910)
UTG (t2235)
UTG+1 (t4700)
MP1 (t2665)
MP2 (t1570)
MP3 (t2790)

Hero's M: 32.33

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 8
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t60, 2 folds, MP3 calls t60, 1 fold, Button calls t60, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: (t270) 4, 2, 3 (4 players)
Hero bets t270, UTG+1 raises to t540, 2 folds, Hero raises to t2850 (All-In)

[donkbee]

I wouldn't raise this preflop either.

If you bet less on the flop, it would be easier for you to flat a min raise.

[ManicLombax]

If you bet less on the flop, it would be easier for you to flat a min raise.

Hmm, true. I tend to bet more with 4 people in the pot, but maybe that's not wise. If we do call a min-raise, is our goal just to try to get to showdown as cheaply as possible? If that's the plan maybe we're better off just check-calling the flop to keep the pot smaller?

[fulksy]

yea pretty tough spot,

bet around ~160 on flop.

would it be safe to assume range is A2-A5, 22-77, 32s,34s,45s,56s, along with sometimes air(overs)/overpairs?

[ManicLombax]

That range looks pretty good fulksy. My guess is most times with overs (air) he'd raise more, so I'd give a little less weight to that side.

Given my overbet on the flop what do you all do with the min-raise? I was really tempted to flat it, but just decided there was almost no card I wanted to see on the turn except maybe an 8. Folding was not entirely out of the question for me either.

[fulksy]

yea you can discount 99+ a bit, also cause no one raised pre.

I'm guessing its pretty close, it kinda depends on how loose you think he'll call.



ext results appended to pokerstove.txt

89,100 games 0.046 secs 1,936,956 games/sec

Board: 4h 2d 3c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 46.108% 44.93% 01.18% 40033 1049.00 { 8d8s }
Hand 1: 53.892% 52.71% 01.18% 46969 1049.00 { 77-22, A5s-A2s, 65s, 54s, 43s, 32s, A5o-A2o }


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