Why am I so aggressive?

[Caruso329]

Villain just sat down.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #672,798,669
Table Southlake, 22 Feb 2005 09:38 AM

Seat 1: IanIrving ($13.80 in chips)
Seat 2: rpetruli ($10.35 in chips)
Seat 3: havanaboy ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Jennez ($17.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Jack5hit ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 7: Ruso329 [10/images/graemlins/spade.gif ,10/images/graemlins/club.gif] ($34.75 in chips)
Seat 8: pmilanov ($21.65 in chips)
Seat 9: cndpostie ($19.50 in chips)
Seat 10: kangstar ($25.10 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
kangstar posts blind ($0.10), IanIrving posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
rpetruli calls $0.25, havanaboy folds, Jennez folds, Jack5hit folds, Ruso329 calls $0.25, pmilanov folds, cndpostie folds, kangstar calls $0.15, IanIrving bets $1, rpetruli folds, Ruso329 calls $1, kangstar folds.

FLOP [board cards J/images/graemlins/club.gif ,3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif , 6/images/graemlins/club.gif ]
IanIrving bets $2, Ruso329 raises to $5, IanIrving calls $3.

TURN [board card 7/images/graemlins/club.gif ]
IanIrving checks, Hero pushes.

Should've just checked behind and check/folded the river unimproved right?

P.S. Sorry for this flood of posts by me. I'm in the middle of a downswing right now and trying to re-evaluate my game.

[thatpfunk]

Raising with position here wouldn't be a bad idea as you get to represent alot, and if played back at, you can fold safely.

The hand then plays out as such:

Caruso raises, X calls.
Flop: X checks it, Caruso 2/3s it, X calls.
Turn: X checks. Caruso can now bet with the intention of checking behind on the river, or check and fold the river. X may fold anytime as well /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Caruso329]

Normally I open-raise with pocket 10s and higher, but I decided to limp to disguise my hand. Not such a good idea.

[thatpfunk]

it is a marginal hand... no need to disguise those kind...

[Caruso329]

I meant disguise it as an overpair or if I flopped a set.