I just got moved tables only 8 hands at this table no reads. What do you do in this spot? Are these small bets a self pricing straight draw or am I getting tarped?

Full Tilt Poker $3 + $0.30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t250/t500 Blinds + t50 - 9 players
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UTG: t12635 M = 10.53
UTG+1: t21395 M = 17.83
UTG+2: t2585 M = 2.15
MP1: t9375 M = 7.81
MP2: t4770 M = 3.98
Hero (CO): t11150 M = 9.29
BTN: t11980 M = 9.98
SB: t3935 M = 3.28
BB: t7260 M = 6.05

Pre Flop: (t1200) Hero is CO with 9 9
5 folds, Hero raises to t1500, 2 folds, BB calls t1000

Flop: (t3700) J 8 7 (2 players)
BB bets t1000, Hero calls t1000

Turn: (t5700) A (2 players)
BB bets t1500, Hero requests TIME, Hero???


If villain is fishing for straight draw do I raise flop? What happens if I flop and I get called, do I c/f turn?

tough spot, the A is a solid scare card. the A hits alot of his range, so if you were calling on the flop thinking he was c-betting with air, he may have hit something now. you only have 4 outs to the straight, a 9 puts you in a tough spot, so I prob fold this with no reads, this pricing is tough though... does seem kinda like a tarp or attemping to look like a tarp

Doesn't look like a trap to me, looks like weakness. That ace is more of a scare card for him, not for you. I don't think the ace changed anything as far as our hand strength goes. The villain has more QJ/J9/T8 type hands than Ax ones as far as I can tell.

That said the BB is not deep enough to fold to a raise, so while I'd like to raise here he's pretty much pot committed. If we were deeper I might call for implied odds (6 outs for a set/straight) or raise and follow up on the river.

With bluffing not being an option I am folding the turn. We're good here some of the time but not often enough.

Yeah I make a grumpy fold on the turn on that Ace.

preflop is fine

flop is fine

id fold turn for the reasons jkugelman pointed out. u r not going to make any better hand fold here and i doubt that u r good here that often, the bets r small, but villain managed to get half of his stack in by double barrelling, bet sizing looks weak but think of the hands u could beat, which means 7x and 8x hands that didnt make two pair, and then think about how many of those double barrell. fold turn is best.

Yeah I was pretty grumpy on the fold.

im suprised noone said jam this flop, dont think he has many J's in his range, and besides that he will more than likely call and 7 or 8 he hit

Yeah I kinda like jamming flop