First post fun..
Some background. I've been playing for a little over a year and have recently reached as high as NL400 with pretty safe bankroll management after starting from ~$100, so I've been reasonably successful as a recreational player. I'm a fairly regular visitor at the ITH forums and read BTP regularly but I've never posted until just now. Sadly I'm currently getting smacked around bigtime, having my worst ever downswing.

Villian from this hand is a BTP member and consequently I must regard him to be a good player (that's fair right?). He's reraised me a few times at this table and has appeared to raise limpers to take down the pot with fairly large raises several times. I of course am on tilt because I've had AK like ten times in the last hour and not won a single time which probably led to my ill-advised play here.


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
5 players


Stack sizes:
Hero: $265.95
CO: $126.65
Button: $205.85
SB: $483.25
BB: $48.60

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with
Hero calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB raises to $12, BB folds, Hero raises to $40, CO folds, SB calls.

He's done this a few times lately and I basically wanted to take this down preflop. I was unhappy when he called.

Flop: ($84, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $80, SB calls.

I was even more unhappy when I flopped a set (and he called).

Turn: ($244, 2 players)
SB bets $70

Now. I know Villian is good. Unfortunately I have a set. Can I fold when he does this here? That's a very small bet into what's already a very large pot. Simply put, does he have AK here enough that I should be putting the rest of my money in?

No way in hell do I fold this.
I don't know many BTPers who would lead turn for less than 1/3 pot. I also don't know many BTPers who wouldn't 3 bet a limp reraise with AA or KK preflop out of position with 130+bb effective stacks.
In fact if he leads out for less than 1/3 pot I'd have to regard him as a donk most of the time.

Raise preflop. May be you have some deep idea under this limpreraise with 77, but I fail to understand it. (May be you could explain?)

As played you should be happy to play for stack with this flop. Push the turn, no way he is folding when the pot is so big.

I don't see what you're so worried about. Put him in.