I have lots of questions about hands, so instead of flooding the forum with a new thread everytime I have a question about a hand, I'll just post all my newbie questions here.
I just played the following hand:
PokerStars 0.02/0.04 Hold'em (8 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.
Flop: (12.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button calls, BB calls, UTG+1 folds.
Turn: (8.25 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls, BB calls.
River: (11.25 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls $0.02 (All-In), BB folds.
Final Pot: 12.75 BB
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Jd Jh (two pair, jacks and twos).
Button has As 9c (two pair, aces and twos).
Outcome: Button wins 12.25 BB. Hero wins 0.50 BB. </font>
My thoughts were this: I had an overpair on flop, so no action. If I got re-raised, I would have folded, expecting either a higher-overpair, or a set.
When A fell on turn, I bet, assuming that if someone had an A, they would have folded when the flop missed them. If they hadn't, they probably would have reraised with their pair of A.
Still no danger on river, I put the caller on pair of 8s or 6s. Obviously I was wrong. Bad beat, or bad judge? Did I play right or wrong?