winner, but was I silly? NL50 FR

[mike_m235]

So I found $200. I logged on to party and was going to deposit, but realized that I had left $200 in my account...like finding a $20 in your pocket...ten times.

So instead of depositing I decide I'm going to try to play the $200 into something useful. I sit down at 3 50 NL tables.

And there is this hand...

I have $51, MP has 39, button has us both covered.

I hold [8s] in the CO. A couple limpers to me and I limp. Button makes it $4, which is a pretty big raise for this table. folded to MP, who calls, and I call.

Pot $13. Flop is a lovely [8c][7d]. MP checks. I check -- I'm just SURE OR is going to bet. And I'm not really confident that my 88 is the best hand. And button bets $13. MP calls...and when MP calls I start to think that my set is good. Because I don't think MP is calling that PFR with KQs...so I really think MP has an ace, making it less likely that button has 2. And here's where it gets hokey...I min raise to $26. Now I've just got $20 behind, so I'm either winning this pot or going broke. I have no intention of folding. But I'm really trying hard to drag MP along in this pot...my logic is that if button just calls, then with 5-1 odds then MP is coming along too, and then I can push on the turn.

But that doesn't work. Button pushes, MP folds, I call. Turn is river is . Button has AK, no clubs. I scoop $117 pot.

Results not withstanding, how awful was my flop play?

[Twelver]

I don't think you played it very badly at all.

I probably would have just pushed...a lot of draws out there so I want the money in now, but the min raise basically commits you anyways...so all your money is going in regardless.

[shobute]

[mike_m235]

[Sublime]

[black_knight6]

No WAY do you fear AA here! Come on...set over set? No one bets that hard set-over-set anyway. Look, if you want to win big pots with sets you do NOT check-raise the flop!! You build big pots by betting the flop (and if you get raised then you can push the flop or call and wait for a non-flush turn before sticking it in)...and if they call then you just keep pounding the pot till it's all in by the river when they're getting 3:1 to call with TPTK or so. If you cr and he has AK then you give slightly observant (and better) players a perfect opportunity to get rid of TPTK - you just totally announced your hand. Do NOT get cute with suited boards and a guy check-calling a pot sized bet! You misplayed this hand brutally IMO.

[mike_m235]