Did I play pocket 2's correctly?

Playing cash game at a casino. 3/1 not limit holdem

I got deal pocket 2s in hijack

Small blind (early 40s, has been playing several hands, with a very wide range, sometimes I felt that he was targeting me since I was new in the table). He opens to 12 dollars, 3 people calls and I called my 2s.

The flop came 3 J J rainbow
He does continuation bet 15 dollars, everybody folds around to me. I have 65 left, he has around 300 dollars left

what to do on that spot?
Fold?
Just call?
Or go All in?

Personally, I would have folded preflop with such a short stack (roughly 25 BBs to start the hand if I'm understanding the situation correctly). I feel like low pocket pairs such as 22 are either hit a 2 or fold in multi-way pots post flop. I usually only set mine with low pocket pairs around 75 BBs but that could just be me. If you wanted to play the hand I probably would have shoved it in preflop but with only $65 behind, a roughly $60 pot, and 4 people to get through, it seems a little too risky. At best you're on the better side of a coin flip.

Given the above spot I'd probably fold, but if you feel like he's bluffing too often I could see going all-in being an okay play too (sucks when he calls but that's poker).

1) Dont start a cash game hand with only 25BB. Bring some extra chips to the table, so you can top up, if you lose some pots and get short.

2) When this short you have to fold small pairs like 22-66 preflop. They simply can not be played profitably with this stack size.

3) Fold the flop. Its kind of unlikely, he is making a small bet like this into a whole field of players with pure air.

I fold here. You can find a better spot to get the rest of your money in.

You should fold. Also what is your position? The hand makes no sense.. if the guy in sb raised to $12 and 3 people called what did you do pre? You and other e people limped and that guy raised for only 4bbs oop?

Gohaku94 said:

You should fold. Also what is your position? The hand makes no sense.. if the guy in sb raised to $12 and 3 people called what did you do pre? You and other e people limped and that guy raised for only 4bbs oop?

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I might have miss something on the description on the hand, but what matters is that he raised and there was 4 callers including me.

I should have had folded pre-flop or going all in.

I decided just to call trying to hit a hand.
also, on a board 3 J J is very possible he missed as well.

anyways, I went all in since everybody folded, he stop to think for a while and then called.

he show 3/4 of spades!
I have to say it was a very loose play pre-flop, but he set a good trap, I did not expect him to have that hand. I thought that my hand was ahead on the flop. Which, in a normal situation I would be ahead on the flop with my pair. So many hands that I could be that he could be opening with.

I play fold with your cards in the cache. Your chances are 46.6% and you are already losing with the flora.