Should I call or fold?

[happyhornet]

Played the Stan James TFI Bounty last night, and the villain of this piece had already doubled up with a trash hand all in against a high pocket pair, and had bet and raised most pots, winning without showing much of the time. Blinds are 15/30, I have 2170 chips and am in the big blind Three limp, the villain calles from the SB, and I check with KTo (King of Clubs) The flop is 9 Club 8 Diamond 7 Club and is checked round The turn is 2 Club, I bet half pot and get two callers The river is Q Club. Villain checks, I bet half pot, player 3 folds, and the villain goes all-in (after nearly using all of his time) for 3990. Do I call?

[voiceofjoe]

Re: Should I call or fold? Yes - It's probably not a case of if your winning in this instance or not - but you can't be folding the 2nd Nuts against Loose Agressive players as in the long term its definitely -Ev He may have thought your 1/2 pot bet was a weak steal ? Also you presumably bet the turn as a blocker bet to hit the river (Straight or flush) - so you've got what you wanted, don't back off now.