No this isn't a brag thread, I have a question here.

first a little history. This table is extremely passive. Lots of limping and folding to raises. I have raised on the button 4 out of the last 6 times and have the table fold it to me, twice with 4 limpers! However when people do see flops there is some crazy action with mediocre hands.

ok so two limpers to me and I raise on the button because I have 9[d] 6[d] and that's just the type of guy I am

both limpers call

flop comes 7[d] 8[d] T[d]

UTG bets $12 into a $12 pot, Cut off folds

so now it's to me, UTG has about $37 behind.

do I shove now or smooth call? I think an argument can be made either way. Obviously he likes his hand, but I have no idea if he likes his hand because he has some crazy straight/high diamond combo draw, or he likes it because he has a set, or something else.

I am slightly afraid a diamond or a straight card could kill my action, in fact almost any card that falls could be bad for me in terms of killing my action.

so raise or call?

Minimum raises are popular because they work. People can NOT fold to them if they have any kind of hand. Especially if you have been playing LAG, a minraise here will not get respect.

If you're playing LAG, then the minraise is only dangerous/bad because it gives people the odds to catch up. In this case, you're not so worried about that.

I would call with the SF here.

I don't think a diamond kills your action as much as you think. He lead full pot from EP after limp calling a pfr. That screams A[d]x to me.

I actually wouldn't mind a min raise either.