Okay, I'm not pleased with how I chose to play this hand but I'm not sure of what is the best way to handle this.

.10/.25 UB

Five limpers and I see a cheap flop in the big blind holding 2 . The flop comes
. Hmmmm, I flopped trips but I have no kicker and I'm first to act the rest of the hand. With 5 to act behind me I chose to check and see what happened.

UTG has me covered and is TAA - bets .25, fold, MP minraise to .50, fold, button calls. I probably should have raised here but chose to smooth call.

(Pot = $3.25) Turn is The raise and smooth call have me concerned. Any three has me out kicked, so I check again. UTG checks, MP raised $1.75, button went away and I called. UTG check raised to $3.50 and MP called quickly. Now I'm definitely freaked and call.

(pot = about $14) River is I check (why wake up now?), UTG checks and MP bet $5. I called and UTG folded.

MP showed and I took a $24 pot.

On the flop I chose to play this slow. The big pots that I have lost lately are in just this BB special kind of hand. Brunson's advice "don't lose your stack in an unraised pot" was ringing in my mind. In retrospect I'm kicking myself for not waking up on the turn but I wonder if I win much more.

So am I an idiot for not playing this faster or does someone see what i was thinking?

Wow! That is a nice score for trips with no kicker. I prolly would have checked on the flop to see hoe things played out. But then I would have made a C/R for about the size of the pot. This would let me know where I am real quick. Or u could call aon the flop and if a non scarry comes save thre C/R for the turn!