basic middle pair situation
 

Bad losing streak lately. Opinions please

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.


Flop: (3 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero folds, MP folds.

Final Pot: 2 BB

Re: basic middle pair situation
 

Reads are your friend.

Re: basic middle pair situation
 

There's absolutely nothing wrong with folding in a tiny pot.

If I thought that villain might be bluffing/semi-bluffing I might be inclined to raise. But if your running bad its best to keep things ABC, and you can't expect too much trickiness at 1/2, so I would fold.