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The game is $1-2 No Limit Hold'em. I start in the big blind of $2 with $160. My hand is 8, 5 unsuited. There are four callers for $2 and I check my option to raise. The flop is J, 8, 5.I bet $10 and am raised by a solid player to $25. He has me covered by over $100. A loose newbie player who is stuck $800 in the game calls $25. I re-raise to $60 and both players callThe turn card is a 3. I go all-in for $100. The solid player thinks awhile and calls. The loose player also calls.The river is a nine. The solid player bets and the loose player folds. He shows 6,7 for a straight.After the hand, I say that I did not raise enough on the flop to chase him out. He says that he likes to play the same way I did and get his money in good because he was a 4 to 1 underdog. He says he called also because he could see the loose player was going to call also, giving him better odds for the call.