Good laydown?

[ViperBull]

Howdy,

This is my first time posting to the 2+2 forums. I've been playing NL home games for about a year and on PP for about 3 months now. I took a short break last month to reassess my game after a bad run and now I'm bak at it again. I'd like some opinions on this particular hand. I'm hoping this converts properly... it's my first attempt.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB ($12.6)
UTG ($41.85)
UTG+1 ($47.15)
UTG+2 ($36.55)
Hero ($25.15)
MP2 ($8.5)
MP3 ($25)
CO ($20)
Button ($77.77)
SB ($22.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif. MP3 posts a blind of $0.5. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.5</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 (poster) folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB (poster) calls $1.25, BB folds, UTG calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1.

Flop: ($7) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $3</font>, UTG+1 calls $3, Hero calls $3, SB folds.

Turn: ($16) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, UTG calls $5, UTG+1 calls $5.

River: ($31) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets $15</font>, Hero...

I'll post results and my thought process later...

ViperBull

[amoeba]

I think I would raise preflop a bit more and raise the flop.

Given the way hand played out, I think river laydown is good.

[jtr]

Later bets in a hand are more likely to be "truthful" than earlier ones. I would lay this down; I think the villain has at least two pair.

I also would have raised the flop (and folded to a reraise), which probably would have resulted in not facing this river decision.

[tbach24]

If you are going to make a raise pre-flop make it more.

Raise the flop, you can't know where you are unless you do.