50NL AJ TPTK

[Womble]

Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $29.03
BB: $120.15
UTG: $50.45
<font color="black">Hero (MP): $74.51</font>
CO: $56.35
BTN: $23.40

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Hero is dealt A/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.00</font>, 2 folds, SB calls $1.75, BB folds

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($4.50) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">SB bets $3.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $10.50</font>, SB calls $7.50

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($25.50) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks

<font color="black">River:</font> ($25.50) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">SB bets $8.00</font>, Hero calls $8.00

Pot Size: $41.50 ($2.05 Rake)

No reads on this one. The board just got worse but his river bet was tooooo small for me to fold

[HotdogPoker]

Any reads on villain? I'd probably call as well, it's a small bet and we're ahead of a bunch of hands (Jx, 99, maybe TT against a passive villain preflop).

[ActionStan]

Why not call the flop bet. You really have a small pot hand. Villain often has a top pair hand here. You are way ahead. Control the pot and let him draw to his 3 outs or 2 outs if he has a hand like A8. You played a big pot with a weak top pair. It didn't have to be that way.

As played, you have to pay him off. A lot of Jx hands are paying you off there as well as TT and 99.

[HotdogPoker]

It's a pretty drawy board, though. I like the raise here because it charges all the draws and also helps define villain's hand in case he doesn't have a top pair type hand. No reads on villain so I can't say for sure of course, but I still like the raise. Do I want to play a big pot with this hand, no. But I don't think we can just call on the flop.