Quote Originally Posted by aneratergos
So, if I'm catching your point here -- FOLD MIDDLE PAIRS TO OVERCARDS
If they're betting anything more than the minimum, for sure. And if its multiple overcards in a multiway pot, forget about it. Check fold automatically. If its one overcard and its heads up, you have to read what you think its likely they have, and fold to any big bet.

And its not just with middle pairs, its with any pocket pairs. This one just a bit ago hurt, but it was very obvious I was beat.
CARDSON
PokerStars Game #608966377: Tournament #2325659, Hold'em No Limit - Level III
(25/50) - 2004/08/11 - 20:07:32 (ET)
Table '2325659 2' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 4: DEHIII (1725 in chips)
Seat 5: Totality (2135 in chips)
Seat 6: wannaplay918 (1890 in chips)
Seat 7: Sailorstve (1225 in chips)
Seat 8: michael1123 (1680 in chips)
Seat 9: meeman (2070 in chips)
Seat 1: KeithinTO (1645 in chips)
Seat 3: yumphla (1130 in chips)
meeman: posts small blind 25
KeithinTO: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to michael1123 [Kc Kh]
yumphla: folds
DEHIII: folds
Totality: raises 50 to 100
wannaplay918: folds
Sailorstve: folds
michael1123: calls 100 - Don't try this at home. Very risky. I was hoping for blinds to possibly come in, no ace on the flop, preflop raiser bluffs / bets top pair big, and then I'd make my move and they'd have no way to put me on a high pocket pair. Not how I normally play KK, but I was mixing it up, and I wouldn't have done this if I wasn't on the button. I was basically trying to take the guy's stack if he hit top pair with an ace kicker.

meeman: folds
KeithinTO: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2s Ah]
Totality: checks
michael1123: bets 200
Totality: raises 200 to 400
michael1123: folds
Totality collected 675 from pot
Totality: doesn't show hand

After he checked, I had to try and take it down. A check would've induced any hand to likely bet big on the turn, which I couldn't have called, but couldn't know if he had an ace either. The fact that he check min raised me after preflop raising, makes it even more obvious he had a huge hand. It looks like AA, TT, or AT. AK maybe, but that'd be a strange way to play AK. Plus, I called his preflop raise and bet the pot when he checks. He has to put me on an ace and think he has me beat from the way he played the flop, as that min raise is very unlikely to fold any ace that'd call preflop.