Calling with middle pair

[nancyloum1]

This obviously worked out for me, but I couldn't tell if calling on the flop was stupid. I find myself calling with middle pair on the flop a lot when it's cheap, then folding when the turn doesn't improve my hand. Not sure how to determine when I am just throwing my money away.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG+1 (t2910)
MP1 (t3165)
Hero (t2735)
MP3 (t3185)
CO (t2465)
Button (t1080)
SB (t1260)
BB (t4410)
UTG (t1635)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t50, MP3 calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t50, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t300) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t150</font>, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls t150, MP3 calls t150, Button folds.

Turn: (t750) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t200</font>, Hero calls t200, MP3 calls t200.

River: (t1350) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t900</font>, MP3 calls t900, SB calls t460 (All-In).

Final Pot: t4010