Too aggressive here?

[stickdude]

Hand converter seems to be on the blink, so...

***** Hand History for Game 2940846949 *****
$0.15/$0.30 Texas Hold'em - Thursday, October 27, 20:33:51 EDT 2005
Table Beginners #1074130 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: pinkysean ( $34.24 )
Seat 4: Dicko555 ( $15.03 )
Seat 6: Hero ( $10.47 )
Seat 10: SirTownsend ( $20.92 )
Seat 9: sodaso ( $4.15 )
Seat 3: big_robv19 ( $8.95 )
Seat 5: Nadagash ( $0.55 )
Seat 7: Redcell43 ( $4.80 )
Seat 8: hindujedi ( $6.60 )
Seat 2: fatboytwo ( $7.05 )
Nadagash posts small blind [$0.07].
Brolyan posts big blind [$0.15].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ ]
Redcell43 calls [$0.15].
hindujedi folds.
sodaso calls [$0.15].
SirTownsend raises [$0.30].
pinkysean folds.
fatboytwo folds.
big_robv19 folds.
Dicko555 calls [$0.30].
Nadagash calls [$0.23].
Brolyan calls [$0.15].
Redcell43 calls [$0.15].
sodaso calls [$0.15].

Now, I've been watching the table enough to know that the raiser here has very low raising standards. I wouldn't have cold-called with this hand, but being in the big blind, I thought it was worth another SB to see the flop.

** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
Nadagash checks.
Hero bets [$0.15].
Redcell43 raises [$0.30].
sodaso calls [$0.30].
SirTownsend calls [$0.30].
Dicko555 calls [$0.30].
Nadagash folds.
Hero raises [$0.30].
Redcell43 raises [$0.30].
sodaso calls [$0.30].
SirTownsend calls [$0.30].
Dicko555 calls [$0.30].
Hero calls [$0.15].

Well, you couldn't ask for a better flop for that hand. Any reason not to cap it here?

** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
Hero bets [$0.30].
Redcell43 raises [$0.60].
sodaso calls [$0.60].
SirTownsend calls [$0.60].
Dicko555 calls [$0.60].
Hero raises [$0.60].
Redcell43 calls [$0.30].
sodaso calls [$0.30].
SirTownsend calls [$0.30].
Dicko555 calls [$0.30].

Nothing that beats me yet. It could give someone a flush draw, but they'd still have to have a higher flush than me, since I have the flush draw as well.

** Dealing River ** [ ]
Hero bets [$0.30].
Redcell43 raises [$0.60].
sodaso folds.
SirTownsend calls [$0.60].
Dicko555 folds.
Hero raises [$0.60].
Redcell43 calls [$0.30].
SirTownsend calls [$0.30].

Ok, here is where I wonder if I should have hit the brakes a little bit, with the board pairing up. There's something like 30+ BB already in the pot, so I'm going to a showdown come hell or high water.

What do you guys think? I think I played it well up until the river, but how would you have played it then?

[redhouse]

I think you're fine... if the aggressor here is known to get carried away a little... the raise back is fine. The other good sign is that everyone else in the pot has played it very very passive... so your only concern is the LAGgy raiser. The river raise is good IMO.

[Xaston]

River 3 bet seems a bit spewwy to me.

[EscapePlan9]

Bet/call the river.

[redhouse]

[Cardman]

I learned the hard way that after going to battle on the turn, it is usually wise to tone it down once the board pairs....