Middle Pair - ?More Aggressive

[MrHorace]

Hi All,
Should I have bet the flop here?

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (2.50 BB) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: 3.50 BB

[Yobz]

no, your flop check is fine. in my opinion the pot was too small to try and steal it from such an early position, if you were CO i might consider betting the flop, but not from BB.
good turn play, you probably have the best hand anyway: a K would bet the flop

[MrHorace]

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good turn play, you probably have the best hand anyway: a K would bet the flop

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That's what I figured.
Also, thanks for emphasizing the position aspect of things here, as I did take that into consideration. However, it's very important to continue to think about position and when one should do what.

[shadow29]

Looks good. Nice hand.

[TheLance]

I play it the same way.