Too aggressive with top pr.?

[Gary Frates]

Both myself and villain just sat down at this table (I had no reads on him) and this was our first hand.
I know I only had a 10 high back door flush draw and medium tp and we both just checked preflop.
I'm trying to be more aggressive in my play when appropriate, is raising the flop here too much (with only a ten kicker) against an unknown player?


Poker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.25/$0.5
10 players
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Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is CO with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG calls, UTG+1 (poster) checks, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero (poster) checks, Button calls, SB calls, BB (poster) checks.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (9SB, 9 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP3 calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 3-bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (12BB, 5 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

River: J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (17BB, 5 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: 21BB

[kerowo]

Against an unknown this is pretty spewey, but at this table it appears to be ahead of the curve.

Not sure what happened on the river to make you think your hand got better, without a really good read all you're doing is driving out any chance of an over call by BB and increasing the rake.

[bennyhana]

i would play that hand very similar to the way you played it.

nh

[Blzdwrath]

I don't think this raise is for value considering your pair is very vulnerable against such a large field. This raise also does not work for protection, because the pot is fairly large, anyone with a piece of the flop will have correct odds to draw. I would wait for the turn to try and protect your hand.

[maverickai]

Yup, your raise is to protect your top pair, mid kicker, you did cause 3 villians to fold. ok, nice hand played...

[neurotiq]

This looks good to me. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Nice hand.

[neurotiq]

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Not sure what happened on the river to make you think your hand got better, without a really good read all you're doing is driving out any chance of an over call

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I don't really have a problem with the raise. At most, we're only going to get one overcaller anyway (meaning that a call from original bettor would, at worst, give us the same amount of money in the pot as if we did, in fact, get that overcaller in with just one bet. And if we get a cold call or a 3bet, there's more money in the pot than if we got the overcaller, which--mind you--is not a guarantee). The river also put us ahead of 53/55/3x, and made it so that there's only one jack left in the deck (thus decreasing the number of possible combinations in which villain holds a jack).