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Hi!
I wonder what would be the right decision on the river with this hand?
Firstly on the flop, should I bet more or less when there are many players in the pot and I am OOP. I think I need to bet a lot to make them fold, but on the other hand the probability that someone has a better hand than me is higher, so maybe I should just try to get cars as cheap as possible?

Also I wonder if it is ok to reraise on the turn in this case. When he called my bet on the flop I think he would have hit something. But when he minbets the turn I am not sure what he has, I though he would bet more with a Q. So I am not sure how to read his play. He could be any kind of player, I only had 7 hands on him at the time of this hand.
Any tips appreciated!

Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1810602
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BB: $2.45
UTG: $2.24
UTG+1: $5.00
UTG+2: $1.01
MP1: $1.93
MP2: $2.00
CO: $2.30
BTN: $0.76
Hero (SB): $1.81

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with J J
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.08, UTG+2 calls $0.08, MP1 calls $0.08, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.07, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.34) Q 2 4 (4 players)
Hero bets $0.16, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls $0.16

Turn: ($0.66) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.30, MP1 calls $0.20

River: ($1.26) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $1.39 all in

Raise preflop for value.

As played,

Why do you donk bet on this flop, and what is the reason for check raising the turn. And why do you bet so small. It's so hard to give any advice on this hand because none of it makes any sense.

I suggest you watch some videos on the basics of poker fundamentals to understand why, when, and how to bet, raise, fold, etc.

And keep playing, lots of stuff will make more sense after you put in some hands.

Thanks!

I bet the flop to see if anyone hit something, if they called I would think that they had hit something.
On the turn, I am not sure, I thought that he might have Qx, and I wanted to see the river as cheap as possible, then when he minbets I started to think that he might not have Qx after all (because I thought he would bet more if he had top pair). So I though that I would try to represent a stronger hand.

Now I realize that I might be thinking too much(in a bad way) without having a real plan..

I often play high PP like this when there is a higher card on the board, I tend to get frightened often if someone calls (or raises).