am i a wimp?

[the_joker]

I've only been playing about 2 months. Right now I think I play too tight/weak, so I'm trying to find ways to be more aggresive without being stupid. I'm thinking I should have come out betting on this flop instead of check/folding, since I could easily have the best hand against 2 loose limpers. Then again, I could easily spew lots of chips too. I've only been at this table 8 hands, so I don't have much of a read except both players seeing 40-50% of the flops. Sorry to post such a lame hand as my first hand posting!

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (3.50 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, MP3 calls, Hero folds.

Turn: (2.75 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: 3.75 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. UTG+2 wins 3.75 BB. </font>

[Icebee]

I think check/fold is fine here. UTG+2 could have very well limped KJ, QJ A5s, or a pretty large number of hands. If you had a decent kicker or a draw then I'd fire. Otherwise I'd be looking for a reason to get off bottom pair no kicker out of position.

[shadow29]

Standardo.

[Greg J]

Hey joker,

This is a super easy fold. It's not even close. You have bottom pair, no kicker. Calling here would be VERY fishy. Betting here would be dumb.

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I'm thinking I should have come out betting on this flop instead of check/folding, since I could easily have the best hand against 2 loose limpers.

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No. You probably don't have the best hand. And if you do there is a great chance one of them will catch something that beats you.

This pot is tiny. This is not worth risking much. And you have crap. Move on to th next hand.

[Jaran]

Hey the_joker,
This is an easy ck/fold. Look for a much better spot to wage your wars.

Am I a wimp?

Don't know you that well, yet. I'll let you know [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

-Jaran

[Bez]

Listen to Greg J. He is goot.

[the_joker]

Thanks a lot everyone. I'm glad I played this hand ok. I'm sure I'll have plenty of misplayed ones to post!

[Greg J]

The best way to learn is by screwing up. Welcome to the forum.

[SCfuji]

this is perfectly fine.