$22 99 Hand

Not very far into this one so no real reads on MP3 or BB

Looking again at this hand the one spot I am not happy about is calling the flop, I think I should raised here to ~70 with the plan of dropping it if I got played back at.
As I played it it seemed like I was guessing on every street. Just seemed like there was alot of possible problems out there...any comments are appreciated.



PartyPoker, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

CO (t350)
CO+1 (t940)
MP3 (t1130)
MP2 (t760)
MP1 (t660)
UTG+1 (t790)
Hero (t800)
BB (t800)
SB (t995)
Button (t775)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero calls t15, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t15, <font color="gray">CO+1 folds</font>, CO calls t15, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, SB calls t5, BB checks

Flop: (t75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
<font color="red">SB bets t15</font>, BB calls t15, Hero calls t15, <font color="red">MP3 raises t65</font>, CO calls t65, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, BB calls t50, Hero calls t50

Turn: (t350) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="red">MP3 bets t80</font>, CO calls t80, BB calls t80, Hero calls t80

River: (t670) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="red">MP3 bets t175</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, BB calls t175, <font color="gray">Hero folds</font>

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Less calling/checking. More betting/raising. As long as you can beat their top pair on board keep the initiative. If they resist, you know it may be time to let it go. IMO, checking and calling isn't the best way to win pots. You'll just get run over and that sucks.