$4.40 NLHE MTT: $$4.40 NLHE MTT: Struggling with JJ

[peskey123]

pokerstars Game #52544260819: Tournament #330558706, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2010/11/11 16:50:36 ET
Table '330558706 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Willummm (1290 in chips)
Seat 2: PrettyThings (1867 in chips)
Seat 3: martunga8 (1850 in chips)
Seat 4: jadeflwr (910 in chips)
Seat 5: gauth1 (3925 in chips)
Seat 6: tldherself (4345 in chips)
Seat 7: SmoKe666666 (4420 in chips)
Seat 8: sergiosisma (7515 in chips)
Seat 9: peskey123 (1900 in chips)
tldherself: posts small blind 50
SmoKe666666: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to peskey123 [Jd Jc]
sergiosisma: folds
peskey123: raises 120 to 220
Willummm: folds
PrettyThings: folds
martunga8: calls 220
jadeflwr: folds
gauth1: folds
tldherself: folds
SmoKe666666: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd 2c 7d]

 

[peskey123]

*** FLOP *** [Qd 2c 7d]
peskey123: checks
martunga8: bets 200
peskey123: calls 200
*** TURN *** [Qd 2c 7d] [As]
peskey123: checks
martunga8: bets 200
peskey123: folds
Uncalled bet (200) returned to martunga8
martunga8 collected 990 from pot

I'm thinking i should have played a lot more aggressively on the flop....

 

[t1riel]

Yeah, I would have made a pot sized bet there to see where he stood in this hand. Also, raise more preflop. A hand like JJ you want to raise big.

 

[xdeucesx]

yea he easily could be holding Ax of diamonds, check/called the nut flush draw and then bet the top pair on the turn

 

[Jillychemung]

If you are playing a 'small ball' style then you played it fine, you lost the minimum here and I agree that you are behind after the turn.

Compare this to what you might have lost using a 3.5xBB open and a 2/3rd pot CB, 350+575 and if the villain would have called your CB I can't see anyway for you to fire again on the turn with anything other than an AI.