25NL-AJo, lost on what line to take.

[Snoman13]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($22.90)
UTG ($16.30)
UTG+1 ($46.35)
MP1 ($20.65)
Hero ($20.75)
CO ($10)
Button ($4.85)
SB ($14.80)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $0.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls $1.25, MP1 calls $1.

Flop: ($4.60) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, BB calls $2, MP1 folds.

Turn: ($8.60) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($8.60) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $4</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $8.60

This type of hand always seems to confuse me, and I'm not exactly what kind of questions I'm supposed to bring, this is my first posted HH, so comments and suggestions on play are welcome.

[PokerFun007]

Personally, I either fold pf or call. I don't think it's a re-raising hand. I like the continuation bet. I don't mind the check on the turn...not everybody fires two barrels every time. I also think the river is a good fold. You can't beat anything but a total bluff.

[AlexB182]

Fold or raise is fine here PF, it's pretty villain dependant. Cold - calling is rarely good here.
If you try to take the pot away on the flop, bet more, at least 2/3 to 3/4 of the pot, I'd say like somewhere between 3.75 and 4.25. On the turn, I would think about a second barrel as you have 12 clean outs now but checking behind and taking the free card has some advantages, too. River is, as played, an easy fold.

[Keyser112]

i don't like the flop bet. check/fold.

[Snoman13]

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i don't like the flop bet. check/fold.

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Mind explaining why? That doesn't really help too much.

[ship_it_trebek]

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i don't like the flop bet. check/fold.

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It's a little small but as played with the 3bet preflop, this flop needs to be bet.

[justscott]

IF you are going to fire that flop then i am firing turn.

[AlexB182]

And IF you are going to fire at the flop, then make a real bet. Less than half the pot on this flop is about the worst bet size you could have chosen here, because 1) its unlikely to take down the pot immediately for you and 2) you re bet is the perfect pot sweetener here, giving every kind of draw pretty much the perfect odds to stay in the pot.

[the_main]

Stats on villian?

I don't like 3-betting this in MP.

As played, check the flop. Someone is coming along, so just take free card to the nuts.

If turn is check to you, semibluff it.