[Jezza]

Urgh, long time no see guys....anyway......

Preflop
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I think the flat call is probably the best option. Reraising would not be too bad either but with deep cash game play a flat call is OK. If you reraise you are probably not getting any action from a good player unless you are beat - although you could very well be ahead at the moment you have position after the flop and can possibly win a nice pot here. If it was a short stack I would certainly reraise them to set them in but since he is deep also a flat call is good. I would put him on TT or higher pocket pair or AK, if he is a tight player. The button flat call is a bit unexpected but you certainly have him beat at the moment, I would put him on a pocket pair, AK or possibly suited connectors.

The flop
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Aha this is a good flop - Top set! But of course AK (a likely holding for someone here) is the nuts. However you have a very good hand at the moment that is for sure. There is no way you can slowplay this tho, loads of straight draws and an obvious flush draw make the next card very possibly a painful one and you have to make people pay to stay in here. Early checks - this is very surprisng - how can this flop miss him? He is NOT checking AA or KK here (or even JJ or TT probably). We can only presume he eiher has AK and is planning to checkraise or he was full of shit and has missed totally - when checked to here I am definately going to bet, we can consider early if he gives us action but I am not letting the button have a free card in this spot so I definately bet (50 into a 50 pot for me, but your sizing was fine I think). You then get min raised (urgh) by the button, early folds (so he was full of shit - low pocket pair I guess lol) and its back to you. This is pretty tough. a min raise SCREAMS strength usually as it is obviously begging to be called. AK fits both his preflop play (calling a large raise) and his flop play here. To be perfectly frank if I had AK in this spot I would raise huge due to the coordinated nature of the board but a min raise is perfectly possible from a weak player holding a nut straight. You now have a tough decision. It is not certain he has AK. He MIGHT be min raising you with the flush draw, this is a play you do see a lot of (to try and get the free card) - low chance of this but definately possible. He also could well have JJ or TT and think his set is good at the moment ( again a donkey play to min raise with this board but obv it floats his boat). All these hands you have crushed. If he DOES have AK then you still have a decent enough draw against him. but seeing as you are out of position and plenty of cards give you a horrible decision on the next street(s) I would far prefer to play this pot all in now than flat call. This is due to your stack size in relation to the pot. After you call his min raise there is 210 in the pot and you have 100 at the back. This is a definate move in time. Dont flat call with only 100 at the back as you can leave yourself in a horrible spot on the turn as you found yourself in. By getting the money in now you have at least 33% equity approx if he has AK and you are getting sufficient pot odds to go through with your hand with that, there is also a definate chance you have him beat.

It should be said that if the stacks were significantly deeper, say you had both been winning at the table and both had 600 that a flat call would be best then - you would probably want to outdraw him and either check/fold the turn to a huge bet (or pay to draw if he prices you in wrong) or get the money in when you have a house

Jez