After I played this hand my opponent berated me, claiming that my money would be gone within the hour (then he busted half an hour later). It was great for my table image since he was goading others into calling me down light and calling me a Texas fish (of course the buggers would hit their stupid draws and drag half the pot every time but I made a lot of Sklansky bucks).

So, is my play here really that bad?

Blinds are 2.5/5, UTG has 340 and BB is super short at 90.

I've got KK52s UTG+1. UTG (villain) raises to 15, I flat call and BB comes along.

I hadn't seen a hand in 4 laps or so and the raise was kind of small so...

Flop comes QJ4 rainbow. Everyone checks. Turn is a 6 putting a club draw out (I aint got one), BB checks and now UTG bets 25 into the 50 pot. I call and BB folds, river is a red T and UTG bets 65 into the 100 pot, I call.

I figure he picked up a low draw on the turn and whiffed on the river. Felt like I had a pretty good read on this hand and it felt likely he was bluffing here, I doubt he has AA, AK or QQ/J/TT. Seems more like an A2x hand to me, the only hand I fear is something like A2Kx. He had 2358s (no clubs) and went on and on about how bad a call that was. My response was the "O RLY?" and the always classic "Who won?" of course.

Anyway... is he right? Am I a Texas fish?

Well, yeah, confucious is dead, I'll give you that.

Calling KK52 from UTG+1 is (IMO, as is everything else I'm about to say) a poor call. Big pairs with weak low cards are not EP hands to play.

Despite your early position on the table you now have the effective button and get about the best flop you can reasonably hope for - one low card and 2 middle paints. This is an easy PSB and 4 times out of 5 you take it down here - yay for you. Why check when it's been checked to you (indicating weakness on the part of your opponents)?

Now a low + flush draw appears on the turn and you call a 1/2 pot bet? Do you think your kings are good for high?

The river call is the only one I can sorta/kinda justify, based on the way UTG played it, but I don't make that call without at least bottom 2 pr. Not that I would have been around by then, but that's my personal rule on those.

UTG played this pretty poorly, but just because he did....