JJ heads up - did I overplay this?

[David BB]

Only been at the table for a few rounds. Villian is 22/22 after 18 hands.

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (7 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (13 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15 BB

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Seems alright to me. I don't think you should be playing HU at 5/10 though, especially against an opponent like this. Maybe against a 80/0 guy, but not someone who might actually be ok at the game.

EDIT: On second hand, you might just want to call down after his flop 3-bet and turn lead out, but the fear that he might have a spade makes the turn raise seem alright.

Again, I think you played it fine.

[Rubeskies]

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Seems alright to me. I don't think you should be playing HU at 5/10 though, especially against an opponent like this.

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Huh? Isn't the table 5-handed?

[Alobar]

I play it exactly the same way. Well played IMO

[DrGutshot]

I would rather raise a blank river, much less likely to be 3bet by an overpair there. If he has AK, he may not call the river after a turn raise. However, if you only call the turn, then he checks the river, he will call 99% of the time with AK. That way you earn the same if you raised turn and he folded the river with high cards. In the line you took, you lose more when he has a better hand, and make the same as the call-turn and call(or bet if checked to) river.

-DrG

[PokerNoob]

Ok, he caps preflop, so it looks a little better than a random steal. He 3-bets the flop and leads the turn. If he's sane, best case is he's got 15 outs and you're getting 2:1 on turn bets. Is that happening half the time? If he's ahead AND has a spade, you've got one out otherwise two. If he started out with two nice spades, you're scrod. I just don't think you're getting overall value on your turn bets. Call the turn, bet if checked to on the river.