Another NL25 hand for your critique

[Floyd Moseby]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed)

UTG ($45.65)
UTG+1 ($23.75)
MP1 ($14.25)
Hero ($64.20)
CO ($31.65)
Button ($31.23)
SB ($39.60)
BB ($17.55)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls $0.75, BB folds, UTG calls $0.50.

Flop: ($3.50) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, <font color="CC3333">SB raises to $12</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls $6.

Turn: ($27.50) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets $10</font>, Hero calls $10.

River: ($47.50) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $47.50
<font color="green">Main Pot: $47.50, between Hero and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by SB ($47.50).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
SB has Ts Ks (full house, jacks full of tens).
Hero has 9h 8h (straight, queen high).
Outcome: SB wins $47.50. </font>

I know the flat calls are not really recommended, but I didn't see him just calling my mini-raise with something that had me beat on the flop. And those runner Jacks had me too scared to bet the river.

Avoid The Floyd

[jezaja]

Ive seen this many times, runner runner of something and I get scared. You get greedy with a made hand on the flop, only one hand beats you at the flop, AK. He is minraising, prolly to check where he is at. Then turn, $10 in a $27 pot, value or feeler? You want to know where you´re at, raise him! (maybe even all-in).

Always better to reraise when you are a sure favorite and rembemer reraise is one of the most powerful thing in NL, you can get many people to lay down a good hand with a sizeable reraise because of the psychological effect, "he must got the the nuts..."

[The4thFilm]

SB would have reraised preflop with AK, you should go all in after you got minraised.

[DBowling]

Because its NL25, i have a hard time seeing you get him off this hand (pair, OESD). I would have reraised the flop and maybe pushed the turn, though he is in so deep he would have likely called your turn push(same results, of course, but better play). I agree on the river check behind, of course. Any pocket pair, T, J, or Q and youre done.