Hand with 23.3BB pot

[CFlannagan]

Hand 1211594773, Started at 8/28/2005 2:24 AM
Table 'Bielefeld': $0.25-$0.50 Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)
Seat 0: radman ($115.50 in chips)
Seat 1: ajsnyc ($1.75 in chips)
Seat 2: mtraver ($16.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Wingchild ($0.60 in chips)
Seat 4: LessingX ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 7: idnaros ($20.10 in chips)
Seat 8: fontes ($22.20 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 9: Hero ($120.80 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
Dealt to Hero: Jh
Dealt to Hero: Ad
Hero: Post Blind ($0.15)
radman : Post Blind ($0.25)
LessingX : Post Blind ($0.25)
*** Pre-Flop *** :
ajsnyc : Call ($0.25)
mtraver : Call ($0.25)
Wingchild : Fold
LessingX : Check
idnaros : Call ($0.25)
fontes : Call ($0.25)
Hero: Raise ($0.35)
radman : Fold
ajsnyc : Raise ($0.50)
mtraver : Fold
LessingX : Call ($0.50)
idnaros : Call ($0.50)
fontes : Call ($0.50)
Hero: Raise ($0.50)
ajsnyc : Call ($0.25)
LessingX : Call ($0.25)
idnaros : Call ($0.25)
fontes : Call ($0.25)
*** Flop *** : 8c Js 4h
Hero: Bet ($0.25)
ajsnyc : Raise ($0.50)
LessingX : Call ($0.50)
idnaros : Fold
fontes : Call ($0.50)
Hero: Call ($0.25)
*** Turn *** : [ 8c Js 4h ] Qs
Hero: Check
ajsnyc : Bet ($0.25)
ajsnyc : All In
LessingX : Call ($0.25)
fontes : Fold
Hero: Call ($0.25)
*** River *** : [ 8c Js 4h Qs ] Jd
Hero: Bet ($0.50)
LessingX : Raise ($1)
Hero: Raise ($1)
LessingX : Raise ($1)
Hero: Call ($0.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $11.65 | Rake: $0.60
Board: [ 8c Js 4h Qs Jd ]
radman lost $0.25
ajsnyc lost $1.75
mtraver lost $0.25
Wingchild lost $0
LessingX lost $3.75 Shows [ Jc 7d ] (three Jacks.)
idnaros lost $1
fontes lost $1.50
Hero bet $3.75, collected $11.65, net $7.90 Shows [ Jh Ad ] (three Jacks.)

Anything I should have done differently? Did I handle the turn properly with Q being a scare card?

[Nortonesque]

I probably would have 3-bet the flop, and continued betting the turn -- I have pretty much no respect for someone who's almost all in and limp-raises preflop.

[EscapePlan9]

PF: I don't think raising AJo from the SB is a good idea. If it were s000ted, then go ahead. If it were AQ+ then of course raise it up. And then you re-raise the limp re-raise? That's even worse.

Flop: I don't know what you thought you were doing. You capped the pre-flop betting and hit TPTK on the flop... but you check-call? If you're going to check (which I think is a terrible play given these situations), then at least check-raise here. I'd much prefer leading out with a bet and re-raising any raise.

Turn: Since you haven't defined your hand at all... check-calling is "okay" here. If you went with the lead out on the flop then you should certainly lead out here as well.

River: Good value betting.

[CFlannagan]

[CFlannagan]

[Nortonesque]

suited: [Js]

[CFlannagan]

[EscapePlan9]

Whoops, I misread the flop action slightly. Still, I would argue for re-raising that flop. I think it's a bit too weak-tight to raise-call TPTK on flops like these.

On the turn... if you 3-bet it and was met with call-call, there's no reason to assume you're behind. There's also no reason to assume someone is holding a Q (other than QJ). That's when I'd argue for leading out the turn. If you were 4-bet, then check-call the turn and hope to hit one of your outs on the river because you probably need to improve.