Moving up to $1/$2

[MadMat]

one of my first $1/$2 hands, trying to make the step up, critique please!

Paradise Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls.

Flop: (11 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, SB folds, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (9.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, CO folds, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 caps</font>, Hero calls.

River: (17.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 19.50 BB

[FreakDaddy]

3-bet the flop to narrow this field.
I call after MP3 raised on turn.
River is fine.

Also I want to add that this is all arbitrary. If you don't post reads you're only playing the cards and losing money. If villian is semi-loose aggresive, prehaps I do raise the turn, but this all depends on my reads.

[MadMat]

yeah, it was only after I 3-bet the turn I noticed that my improvement to 2 pair also made a fairly obvious straight draw ;-(

[MadMat]

Didn't really have any reads, that was about my 5th hand after sitting down, Villian is now showing as 45%VP$IP and 5%PFR (after 30 hands) so seems pretty loose, but didn't know that at the time

[DMBFan23]

sup bro,

MP3's raise could mean a lot of things - a weirdly played AK, QJ, J7, Q7, A7 being tricky, or maybe KT/a set. I think you played this fine. I hope he didnt have KT.

[MadMat]

funny you should say that

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Js Ac (two pair, aces and jacks).
MP3 has Kd Td (straight, ace high).
Outcome: MP3 wins 19.50 BB. </font>

[jar]

I 3-bet the flop to try and better define CO's hand while the bets are cheap, and to possibly chase out MP3/cause him to make a bad call. If he caps the flop, I probably go into calldown mode U/I. If he just calls, I lead almost any turn. After improving, I lead the turn and call a raise. River is good.