$2 NLHE Full Ring: Borderline decision making postflop without a made hand

CO: $4.53
BTN: $1.88
Hero (SB): $2.03
BB: $2.00
UTG: $1.57
UTG+1: $1.02
UTG+2: $1.40
MP1: $5.89
MP2: $2.40

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with A ♣ Q ♦
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.02, MP1 calls $0.02, 2 folds, BTN raises to $0.06, Hero raises to $0.18, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls $0.16, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.46) 9 ♣ 8 ♣ 5 ♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.31, UTG+2 calls $0.31

Turn: ($1.08) T ♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.36, UTG+2 raises to $0.91 all in, Hero calls $0.55

River: ($2.90) 7 ♦ (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $2.90
Hero shows A ♣ Q ♦ (Ace Queen high)
UTG+2 shows A ♠ 7 ♠ (a pair of Sevens)
UTG+2 wins $2.71
(Rake: $0.19)

Villain has 20,5% VPIP, 15,7% preflop raise, 34,3% postflop aggression (I took these from Opponents->Summaries in HM2, can't find the stats as shown in my display eg. Aggression Factor). I estimated him to have little clue about what he was doing from erratic play I noticed before this hand (not that I am much better).

When I look at the hand now I think I should have taken into account that he might have JQ in his hand... from the way he played I was sure he has nothing and I was ahead.

Still:
1.Was my preflop raise correct? I wanted to get initiative and if button wanted just a steal then I get the pot. I didn't really think limpers will swallow my raise. Novice
2. What to think when someone limps and then calls after a 2nd raise?
3. Contibet or not on the flop? I figured from the limp that he doesn't have a pocket pair but that might have been wrong assumption... Connected to 2nd question. I wanted to give him bad odds for draws.
4. How bad was my turn All In call? I read correctly that he has nothing but he did have outs (6s and 7s). I knew that he possibly thinks Js help him but those are my outs.

All other general comments welcome. I need to play this type of hand correctly, I feel this kind of stuff is my big weakness since I have so little experience... trying to calculate what he might have and what his outs could be in a short time is beyond me right now but I hope to improve the speed.

1) 3bet is fine, i would have made it .22
2)sc's,A/Kxs,leaned towards small pp's
3)That flop is horrible for a cbet. So many draws that will never fold. c/f this flop
4)Once again c/f turn,deff not calling a AI raise.
I know you some how got it in good,but preflop needed to be bigger. Post flop was just a mess.

2) Are suited connectors really so valuable to call such a raise? I would fold most hands after raise and reraise, would think SB has something good. I didn't, but still

3) I thought he has 2 Broadway cards or something, how else would he call preflop? He might have flopped a set with a small PP though... didn't occur to me really at the time.

I kind of figure that any time I check this kind of flop I am giving the pot away since a bet is sure to follow.
Is it good to be so passive? Lot of time cbets cause folds from a single opponent. Maybe cbet and then fold to raise or if get called then check turn? Seems to be a more profitable course of action, no?

"I know you some how got it in good,but preflop needed to be bigger. Post flop was just a mess." - I don't understand what you mean by "got it in good" and "a mess"? I know there are probably mistakes galore but I am willing to learn, you just gotta make it clearer

Thx!

LD1977 said:

2) Are suited connectors really so valuable to call such a raise? I would fold most hands after raise and reraise, would think SB has something good. I didn't, but still
No sc's and small pp's are not that valuable in a 3bet pot. But passive fish that like to call don't know that. Therefore they limp call with these hands alot and are most of there range.

3) I thought he has 2 Broadway cards or something, how else would he call preflop? He might have flopped a set with a small PP though... didn't occur to me really at the time.
see above
I kind of figure that any time I check this kind of flop I am giving the pot away since a bet is sure to follow.
Is it good to be so passive? Lot of time cbets cause folds from a single opponent. Maybe cbet and then fold to raise or if get called then check turn? Seems to be a more profitable course of action, no?
This is one of the worst boards to cbet. Basicly no pp's fold,no st8 draws fold,no flush draws fold. Cbetting is super profitable in the right spots,this is not one.
"I know you some how got it in good,but preflop needed to be bigger. Post flop was just a mess." - I don't understand what you mean by "got it in good" and "a mess"? I know there are probably mistakes galore but I am willing to learn, you just gotta make it clearer

Thx!

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got it in good= if no 6,or 7 came you would win somehow
preflop needed to be bigger= there were 2 limpers in the pot before the first raise was made. You 3x the original raise with out adding the money from the limpers i.e. ~.22
Here is a link to a page that shows some basic good(dry) boards to cbet,some bad(wet) boards to cbet.
http://www.thepokerbank.com/strategy/plays/continuation-bet/when/

Edit: for the best HA i would leave out all results of the hand. It makes the analysis biased.

don't hero call at 2nl please, this seems to be a habit of yours.

Thanks for the answers. I will read the link carefully.

Yeah, I have to reduce or eliminate calling this kind of stuff if I have air.