any thoughts?

[chrozzo 19]

Hey guys and gals,This sort of situation comes up once in a while, and I would like to hear youre thoughts on the correcct way to play it in the future. .10/.25 NL holem8 person cash gameI am on the BB with $45twin on SB with $17maverick is on the button with $12I get 33, action folds to maverick who bets out .75, twin calls and I raise him to 1.75, he callsflop is 2 5 6 rainbowI check, maverick bets $5I think for a while, hes a semiloose player who likes to lead out, have seen him bet on small pair high a few times, I dont think hes holding a 5 or 6, anyways...I fold, and he doesnt show.What are your thoughts on this hand, this happens a lot and I need to improve my wins in theis area without holding a higher PP thanks

[petersun 0]

Just a couple of clarifying questions since I'm slightly confused here.1. Action folds to the twin implies that action folded to the small blind. How could the button raise after the small blind calls blind?2. And you raised him to a total of 1.75 after his raise to 0.75?

[Scott3705 0]

Rework the hand and make the action understandable. the way i read it preflop... maverick calls the BB, twin calls the BB, you don't do anything and some how maverick raises, twin folds and you raise?,

[chrozzo 19]

i reworked it (see above), sorry about the mistakes and thanks for the interest...i look forward to reading your thought.peace

[Scott3705 0]

Just call preflop. and no set no play

[krup24 0]

Just call preflop. and no set no play

Yep Set It or Forget It

[bcook823 0]

In NLHE cash games small pairs can make for very profitable hands. The reason being when you hit a set, and someone has an overpair, you may very well get all of their chips. So you want to see a flop as cheaply as possible, if you can call a small raise in one of the blinds go ahead and do so. Reraising is not a good play with these kind of hands. Someone above set flop a set or no bet, and thats good advise. In this case you reraise preflop out of your blind, and that usually shows huge strength. So even if you floped a set of 3's on a small board, you may not get paid off by someone with TT or something similar. See the flops as cheap as you can, and if you flop a set, hope to get paid off. The best thing about small pairs, is that after the flop they are easy to get away from if you get someone betting.

[Scott3705 0]

In NLHE cash games small pairs can make for very profitable hands. The reason being when you hit a set, and someone has an overpair, you may very well get all of their chips. So you want to see a flop as cheaply as possible, if you can call a small raise in one of the blinds go ahead and do so. Reraising is not a good play with these kind of hands. Someone above set flop a set or no bet, and thats good advise.  In this case you reraise preflop out of your blind, and that usually shows huge strength. So even if you floped a set of 3's on a small board, you may not get paid off by someone with TT or something similar.  See the flops as cheap as you can, and if you flop a set, hope to get paid off. The best thing about small pairs, is that after the flop they are easy to get away from if you get someone betting.

Yeah, well put. I think I assumed the OP would understand the no set, no play rule here, but probably not since he posted the hand.

[petersun 0]

If you really wanted to take this hand down before the flop, you have to put some real pressure on the guy and reraise at least to $3. At the very least, you can try to push one guy out and play heads up.Otherwise, just get in cheaply and hope for a set.

[kung fu 0]

i usually try to take this down on the flop. raise/fold. considering the raises PF and there is only one other hand in this pot, its quite unlikely that our opponent has hit a pair. most of the time its overcards. if they call, i tread very carefully.