So, about those small pockets

[Newt_Buggs]

$30 tournament
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t755)
Hero (t855)
UTG (t680)
UTG+1 (t1800)
MP1 (t710)
MP2 (t887)
MP3 (t690)
CO (t718)
Button (t905)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t15, CO calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t75) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t50</font>, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, SB calls t50.

Turn: (t175) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t50</font>, SB calls t50.

River: (t275) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, SB calls t100.

Final Pot: t475

Would anyone here check/fold this flop instead of getting involved with a very vulnerable hand out of position?

The turn was a beautiful card and I think that I should have bet more.

Most players would check this river but not me. I think that in the unlikely event that he has a 2 he would have bet out on the river and since I put him on a 3 the only hand I am worried about would be A3. I also really do not expect to be pushed off of this hand by a checkraise bluff at a $30. Would you still check though?

[microbet]

I wouldn't put him on the three. I wouldn't rule it out, but I certainly wouldn't put him on it. You didn't bet enough to make even decent overcards fold. I would bet the turn much harder.

[NYCNative]

[ QUOTE ]
I would bet the turn much harder.

[/ QUOTE ]Yes. The small bet was an easy call for two overcards or a smooth call for one of the two boats. Either way you're behind. A larger bet will make the villain define his hand. Gotta force him off overcards. You didn't make a bet that would do that.

[TStokes]

What do you guys think of the river play? What would you guys tend to do when the ace hits? I am pretty confused about what I would do in that situation so I would not mind hearing any opinions.

[Newt_Buggs]

as I said, at a $30 I expect most people to be playing fairly straightforward and bet out a hand that is ahead of mine rather than go for a checkraise. I think that my river bet was a very marginal play but is going to get cry called by a lot of hands that have been check called down to his point but still aren't strong enough to bet out.

Do you guys think that I just got lucky with my flop bet that got everyone to fold except for the SB, who luckily proceeded to play weak passive?

And I completely agree that I played the turn too weak.

[Seadood228]

I'm more worried about a bigger PP than the ace..