3 consecutive hands (Hands 1&2 lc) or why I suck at NL

[Etric]

UTG in hand 3 seems tight pf. The whole table seemed pretty tight in fact.

Hand #3 turn action and river plan?

Hands 1

******* Hand 1 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $18.90
UTG+1: $11.75
UTG+2: $24.75
Hero: $23.82
MP2: $24.30
MP3: $8.75
CO: $27.26
Button: $75.41
SB: $16.08
BB: $27.30

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1</font>, 6 folds.
Uncalled bets: $0.75 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $0.6


******* Hand 2 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $11.75
UTG+1: $24.75
Hero: $24.17
MP2: $24.30
MP3: $8.75
CO: $27.26
Button: $75.41
Button: $15.98
SB: $27.05
BB: $18.90

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1</font>, 6 folds.
Uncalled bets: $0.75 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $0.6


******* Hand 3 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $24.75
Hero: $24.52
UTG+2: $24.30
MP1: $8.75
MP2: $27.26
MP3: $15
CO: $15.98
Button: $26.95
SB: $18.65
BB: $11.75

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, 8 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($2.85, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $2.25</font>, UTG calls.

Turn: 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($7.35, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero... ?

[absoludicrous]

What do hands 1 and 2 have anything to do with anything? Hand 3, check. 25NL, firing two barrels rarely works.

[abarrenfuture]

Hand 1: Fold pf
Hand 2: Standard
Hand 3: Given your read that he's tight, I'd check turn/cf any non A/K river. If an A or K falls and he bets call but don't raise

[kslghost]

Hands 1 and 2 seem to have little to do with this hand. Are you saying he might just be calling since you keep raising? This is a bad table IMO, and this is an easy check-behind since you have a chance to catch, and he might bluff into you if you manage to hit randomly.

[Etric]

I had more written originally, but I guess I must have hit the wrong button on the posting screen. Anyway, the gist of it was that I have been raising quite a bit, winning the blinds and when I finally get called I get into a sticky situation where I don't know what to do and I usually end up losing more in one hand than I won in the previous 3 hands where I won the blinds. (that was the why I suck at NL part ). This series of hands was illustrative of that problem that I seem to be having.

[kslghost]

That's just how it is. Don't let it stop you.

Edit: Might want to try 6-max if you're gonna play like this.