did i screw this up?
 

i've only been at the table for less than an orbit...so no reads...
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed) converter

MP3 ($24.25)
CO ($28.8)
Button ($33.7)
SB ($19.5)
Hero ($25)
UTG ($24.5)
UTG+1 ($76.2)
UTG+2 ($34.63)
MP1 ($142.94)
MP2 ($24.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">8 folds</font>, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($1) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($1) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1</font>, SB calls $1.

River: ($3) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $15</font>, Hero....?

i've got the J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], but i don't know if i feel so good....

Re: did i screw this up?
 

I prefer to check/call a modest bet on the river with a weak flush.

Re: did i screw this up?
 

Easy fold for me, I would play the ace that way hoping to get a call from the queen.

Re: did i screw this up?
 

Fold. Too many hands beat you. At these limits you want to get money in with monster hands, not marginal ones.

Re: did i screw this up?
 

thanks for the replies...i'm new at the whole NL ring games, so everything is appreciated.

Re: did i screw this up?
 

What is calling you on the turn? You have to put your opponent on a hand. It's not like your hand is that mysterious. He KNOWS you have a high spade. If he is calling you, he obviously thinks he has a higher one. It was a ballsy play to check/raise you on the river (read: stupid), and you should have taken advantage by checking behind.

Re: did i screw this up?
 

LOL I mean to check behind.. I didn't notice hero was last to act. My post still stands when out of position.