this was a hand from a couple of days ago.MP was a huge calling station limp calling all the time . UTG was 28/23 overall with 67% cbet. he had a $22 stack when i sat at the table and was 17/17 from UTG so opening a fairly wide range.


IPoker, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
BB: $10.15 (101.5 bb)
UTG: $19.09 (190.9 bb)
MP: $14.66 (146.6 bb)
CO: $12.95 (129.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $21.84 (218.4 bb)
SB: $11.95 (119.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with
UTG raises to $0.40, MP folds, CO calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.35) (3 players)
UTG bets $1.01, CO calls $1.01,Hero ???

obviously i'm not folding , and calling sticks me in a horrible spot if a broadway card comes on the turn as UTG has lots of broadways in his UTG opening range and maybe some middle suited connectors. SO i'm raising this flop but when reviewing this hand I was wondering about how big to raise . Should i raise bigger and hope that the UTG has a hand that he will come along with so that i can go for his 190bb stack and accept thatthe statoin is probably going to baulk at calling for a fair chunk of his stack in hopes of hitting something..

Should i even be trying to go for 190bb stack or try and get value without potentially value cutting myself on a good but potentially vulnerable hand.

The alternative is to raise to something like 2.50 and if the UTG folds station may call (cos its only another $1.50) or if UTG calls station may spaz out and shove his Ax hands .