400NL: played a pocketpair very badly

[moira]

I don't remember table dynamics, but I don't think I got out of line and he didn't either. We weren't confronted in any hands before. Typical TAG stats.
I feel I played this very bad, because I got confused by him coldcalling my 3bet. I intended to check river first, but then decided to bet for value - now I feel that when I do so I must call a push or that I must bet a real amount around pot size. I put him on pocket-tens though. What do you recommend?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($468.10)
MP ($698)
Hero ($625)
Button ($530.90)
SB ($886.10)
BB ($217.70)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $2.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $14</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $46</font>, Button calls $46, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG folds.

Flop: ($112) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $80</font>, Hero calls $80.

Turn: ($272) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($272) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $75</font>, Button calls $530.90 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: $877.90

[David1234]

I would bet flop and i dont think ur river play is that terrible

[Stonewalled]

I think it's fine. You tried to keep the pot small with a one-pair hand, including a blocking bet on the river. No problem with that. His all-in bet does look suspicious, but I still fold to it. Just remember in the future that he may raise blocking bets -- you can use it to your advantage with a strong hand.

However, I continuation bet a lot, particularly heads-up, and probably would have taken a shot at it on the flop with a half-pot bet (again, I want to keep the pot small).