Well I was playing micro on Stars last night and this hand really bothered me afterwards, mostly because the results make me wonder if I played it wrong (bad results do that to you ...)

I'd gotten some decent hands previous to this hand (AK, QQ, etc) and I'd been raising 5XBB (not that much when BB=2cents) preflop with these hands. Most of the time it would work and get rid of most the players, leaving maybe 2 or 3 going into the flop, but sometimes it would be too much and everyone would fold. Anyway, this guy raised preflop, and I hadn't seen him (or hardly anyone else at the table for that matter) raise preflop very often previously. I reraised because I wanted to make sure he didn't play with crap. My first question is, should I have reraised more preflop?

Second question: post flop raise: too much or too little? He reraised me. Was I right to get out of this hand? Or should I have reraised again? I don't know what I thought he had, but the fact that he raised preflop and reraised my pot sized bet scared me into thinking he had the best hand. A straight? But who would raise and then call a reraise preflop with 5 6? Unless they were maybe suited?

Anyway. He showed me his his hand, so read the history and let me know what you think. Advice appreciated.


PokerStars Game #1941866993: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2005/06/21 - 03:34:33 (ET)
Table 'Sophia' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: kcchia80 ($5.06 in chips)
Seat 2: sillyputti ($4.82 in chips)
Seat 3: saubh ($1.84 in chips)
Seat 6: courtiebee ($6.98 in chips)
Seat 7: JOYCEizJUICY ($2.09 in chips)
Seat 8: jedimasters ($0.97 in chips)
Seat 9: bobdintx ($6.63 in chips)
saubh: posts small blind $0.01
BEntenman: is sitting out
courtiebee: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [As Ah]
BEntenman leaves the table
JOYCEizJUICY: calls $0.02
jedimasters: calls $0.02
bobdintx: folds
kcchia80: folds
sillyputti: raises $0.08 to $0.10
saubh: calls $0.09
courtiebee: raises $0.08 to $0.18
JOYCEizJUICY: folds
jedimasters: folds
sillyputti: calls $0.08
saubh: calls $0.08
*** FLOP *** [3h 4s 7d]
saubh: checks
courtiebee: bets $0.40
sillyputti: raises $0.40 to $0.80
saubh: folds
courtiebee: folds
sillyputti collected $1.33 from pot
sillyputti: shows [4c Td] (a pair of Fours)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.38 | Rake $0.05
Board [3h 4s 7d]
Seat 1: kcchia80 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sillyputti (button) collected ($1.33)
Seat 3: saubh (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: courtiebee (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: JOYCEizJUICY folded before Flop
Seat 8: jedimasters folded before Flop
Seat 9: bobdintx folded before Flop (didn't bet)