The Standard Raise

[spr]

I think they were 500/1000

[ungarstu132]

Originally Posted by spr

I think they were 500/1000

in that case, i would say you played it perfectly, limp pre flop, and fold to any re raise....and then when you hit the flop, push (MAYBE you could have checked, and then bet the turn, and had him fold, since he had one more card to hit his out) but either way is correct

[Mist]

Originally Posted by ungarstu132

if you are thinking of buying a book, and dont consider yourself a complete begginer, i would suggest, harrington on holdem 1,2 and 3....i loved all three books, but book 3 is a bit different, so skim it before you buy it

anyways good luck

"Harrington on Hold'em" are tournament books, so if you consider yourself to be a cashgame specialist these books might not be your first choice.

If you're not completely new with the game, and feel like you wan't to learn and become better I would suggest "Phil Gordon's Little Green Book". Good book, nothing mindblowing in it, but some more advanced strategies.

[Mist]

Originally Posted by spr

...Im small stack at the table, I was ranked 54 of 68. I was already in the money of the $50 dollar freeroll on BetUS last night,

I get Delt 5c5d, Im In two of the three people ahead of me call, so I limp

One other person behind me Calls, all others Fold

Flop (5h, J, 10) Dont remember the suits but all three were Differnt

Two players ahead of me Check, So I go all in with 7.4k chips (all but one person at the table had me Doubled in chips)

The person be hind me calls, the others quickly fold and he shows suited (KdQd)

Street nothing of any use

River Comes a 9

hes wins with the striaght

How could Ive played this better?

Since you don't have the complete handhistory, I'm going to fill in the blanks myself.
By the start of the hand you had about 8.5k in chips with 500/1000/100 blinds (I'm guessing there was a 100 ante involved, since that is the normal structure for this level). I'm also assuming it was 9 handed, which would give you a M-ratio of about 3.5 (red zone).
You say all but one player at the table had over twice your stack, I'm guessing the average was around 30k.

You're in middle position with 2 people limping in front of you and you find 55. At the moment there is about 4.4k in the pot, and you have a stack of 8.4k. I think you should fold this hand. Why?

The big reason is your stacksize. Eventhough you're in the red zone and it's critical for you to make a move in the next upcoming rounds, I still feel this is a fold. A lot of hands are worth pushing here, but the play should be done when it's folded to you, perferably in late position. Here you have two limpers in front, both with average stacks (assumption), which means you should fold.
Pushing here isn't totally bad, but you're too shortstacked to make a squeezeplay. If you'd push there would be atleast 13k in the pot giving your opponents good odds to call you, and the UTG limper might be slowplaying a monster, in which case you would most likely be dominated. The players still to act might also have big hands, so do the right thing and get rid of your hand.

Limping is the worst move you can do here. With an M-ratio of 3.5 you should be in a push/fold mode, and limping middle pairs in your situation won't improve your game one bit.
Postflop is standard, nothing wrong there (although you should never have seen the flop IMO).

[DirarElHarti]

Originally Posted by ungarstu132

what were the size of the blinds?

it affects how you should have played this hand.

i like ...but if u had a queens and someone re-raise on the middle position ..u call put him all in???