[Manzanita]

This is literally my second hand in a 9-handed $1-2 online game. While I have played with two of the players before (one is the button who folded on the flop and the other was UTG who just called throughout the hand) the others were unknown.

I'm in the SB with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Only one player in front folds; I complete and the BB raps.

The flop comes T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. I bet out, two players call, the next player raises, there are 2 folds, then a cold call, and the button folds. I just call as do the next two players.

Five of us see the turn: 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. I check, the BB bets, and everyone calls.

The river is the J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. I bet out, the next two players call, the flop raiser raises all-in, there's a fold, I 3-bet, and the next two players call.

I obviously win high. Low goes to UTG who had 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

My question: I played the flop and turn passively hoping to get overcalls from the two players behind me. Should I have been jamming the pot instead? On the turn I was pretty sure that I was only competing for half the pot, and if the board paired I thought it likely I was beat.

-- Manzanita