New 10-handed table at a B&M cardroom, $1/$2 NLHE. You take seat 3 and each player buys in for the $200 max.

You only recognize two players. One is a friend of yours, who plays what you would call a weak-tight nut-peddling style. The other is a local who frequents the card room. He is somewhat of a calling station, going to the felt with top pair no kicker on several occasions that you can remember. He even goes to the felt with top pair against your nut-peddling friend. He is on your immediate right.

You don't recognize the other seven players.

HAND #1: You start off in the BB. Two folds, your friend limps, four folds, button raises to $10, SB(local) calls $9. You look down at A Q . Your friend already has two red $5 chips in preparation to call. Pot = $24.

What is your play? Why?

<A> Call $8 and take a flop.
<B> Reraise the pot ($40 total).
<C> Reraise 2x the pot ($72 total).
<D> Fold.

well, a squeeze play probably won't work vs this lineup, so all a raise does is bloat the pot OOP. call and see a flop.

I call.

Your out of position, you don't know the player that raised and he has position on you. Your friend also has it, and looks like he wants to play a pot. Since you have good reads on the SB and your friend, if a favorable flop hits you just need to worry about the inital preflop raiser since getting a read on the other two should be easy.

Given the fact that our hero was out of position and he had a good read on everyone but the raiser(as the above posters mentioned), he decided on a call. His friend calls behind. Pot = $40.

FLOP: T T 7

SB sighs and checks. His friend glances at the TV and makes a comment about the NBA finals. The button is sitting quietly, giving away nothing. What should the our hero do now, and why?

<A> Check.
<B> Bet $20.
<C> Bet $40.

i like to check these...i want to see where the bets gonna come from. You wont be folding at this point so see who wants to show strength.

If button raises...i pop him back

check