If you have 14BB, putting in 5BB leaves you no room to get away from it should an Ace flop. If your preflop raise was 3BB, you could bet 5BB on the flop (if an Ace flopped), and fold to a reraise.

While still getting full value from lower flops with your overpair. And still playing fairly safe.

I’m in the all-in camp as well, though it depends on the limper. More to the point I’m in the “make as big a bet as someone will call” camp. There’s a guy in my regular game that limp/calls to much with weak As, weak Ks and small pocket pairs at the end of tournaments (and the middle and beginning) just like this guy. I’m always all-in there. He’ll call pre-flop, but will fold the flop if he didn’t connect. If your read on the guy is that he won’t call a big bet but will call a small one, then a small raise it is and push on the flop. If you’ve been agressive recently and overshoved or bluffed someone out of a pot, then definitely push in.

I’m not that wild about the check raise possibilities. Passive limp/callers won’t bet unless they really connected with the board, but they will call down with 2nd pair, gut shots, etc. Bet out. That’s way more profitable then expecting a passive guy to bet your hand for you. If you had raised an agressive guy in the BB from the SB, then I’d give him a chance to try and take the pot away, especially since the scare card came.

But if you think he’ll bluff often if you check, then checking may well be better.

Raising more preflop or simply moving all-in is fine too. In fact, it may well have been better to do so. The more money you get in preflop, the better.

How would you feel about a check/raise all in? I feel since we’re not getting away from this hand, it would be more +EV if we check to induce a bet from hands that would fold if we bet, and may bluff if we don’t.

Jason