JJ hand in a 5.50.

[ppostie]

Tough hand in a 5.50 SNG on stars.
What should I have done differently?
No reads on UTG other than being a 5.50 donk.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t1500)
MP3 (t1480)
CO (t1240)
Button (t1470)
SB (t1710)
BB (t1400)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1700)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, J.
UTG calls t20, 2 folds, Hero raises to t80, 5 folds, UTG calls t60.

Flop: (t190) 8, 6, 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t120, UTG calls t120.

Turn: (t430) 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t500, UTG calls t500.

River: (t1430) 4 (2 players)
UTG bets t450, Hero calls t450.

Final Pot: t2330

[GatorJH]

Just being a nit, but your flop bet was a tad smallish. I would put in a pot sized bet here.

On the river getting over 3 to 1 is tough to laydown, but I think with the action behind I would have sucked it up and folded. What could we beat that villian (even a donk)could have and would warrent checking to the river then betting the river? Hands like A8, 66, (donkishly played) 77, and a few others come to mind.

[bjsaust]

What about the turn? Is it right to make a big bet to push out draws like here, or to check behind and try to see showdown cheaply?