Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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SB: $59.45
Hero (BB): $50.00
UTG: $59.50
CO: $77.45
BTN: $78.95

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 8 8
3 folds, SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.50, SB calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) J 9 T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.25, SB raises to $10, Hero calls $7.75

Turn: ($23.00) 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($23.00) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $16

First hand at table. Villain is completely unknown. I have never played a hand with him.

I'm not a huge fan. It gives him a chance to make a nasty check raise and I don't think it gets a call from anything you beat or a fold from anything that beats you. Basically I don't see a purpose for this bet.

Fold flop

check river

I don't see much value at all in betting this river. You are basically bluffing, since you will only get called with a straight mostlikelI guess you might get called with 2 pair, or maybe top pair if the villain is a retard.
It's close. I probably check the river, evern though a set is sooo sexy.

Fold to flop raise.

I think folding the flop is good.

As played, I like the river bet. Unless the villain is Johnny Chan or Mike Damon, he doesn't have a straight. Our hand looks like crap, too, so I think you'll get paid off by top pair or better often.