top pair medium kicker played too passive?

[Jaswarbrick]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP2 (t2150)
CO (t1060)
Button (t1475)
SB (t1725)
Hero (t1410)
UTG (t3475)
UTG+1 (t760)
MP1 (t1445)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t120) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t60</font>, UTG+1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t120</font>, SB folds, Hero calls t60.

Turn: (t360) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t60</font>, Hero calls t60.

River: (t480) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t90</font>, Hero calls t90.

Final Pot: t660

Villain maybe just a tad loose. Not really any read.

[vers]

You're chopping at best. I check flop and call maybe only a small bet. I might even c/f depending on what buyin this is.

[Jaswarbrick]

$1.20 buy in for your information.

[Jaswarbrick]

Just a question, is the half pot bet on the flop bad? I have top pair so shouldn't i make someone pay to beat me?

[vers]

At a 1.20 betting 1/2 pot is fine. I play 22s-55s and would usually just check/fold flop. As played at a $1.20 it's ok.

[Jaswarbrick]

Cheers matey. Would you put the villain on a jack here?

[vers]

hand reading at this level has got to be pretty tough. Honestly, he could have any pair, flush draw, straight draw, etc, check/call passive line is probably best.

[drzen]

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Just a question, is the half pot bet on the flop bad? I have top pair so shouldn't i make someone pay to beat me?

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Don't worry so much about that. Ask yourself whether you really care about being beaten out of a small pot. How many chips is it worth risking to win it?