A hand from 5NL that pissed me off

[Biglines]

No reads on the villain here, just sat down at the table. I have a feeling I played this hand all wrong. The min bet from the villain on the turn drives me crazy. Could I have played this better?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($4.34)
UTG ($7.56)
MP ($5.97)
Hero (Button) ($4.88)
SB ($1.30)

Preflop: Hero is Button with ,
1 fold, MP raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.25, 1 fold, BB calls $0.20, MP calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.77) , , (3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.60, 1 fold, MP calls $0.60

Turn: ($1.97) (2 players)
MP bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($2.77) (2 players)
MP bets $2, Hero folds

Total pot: $2.77 | Rake: $0.10

[Marbleboy]

Im a total prawn at this game, however I tend to think a re-raise with KJoff is kinda loose, also i dont know about the flop bet with middle pair after a pre flop raise

[texa8]

i dont mind reraising a min raise like that cause i dont respect them much in that situation, but if ur gunna raise preflop i think it needs to be 30-40 cents..

i like the bet size on the flop after two checks in position but after a call id be backing down, especially after villian fires a bet on the turn.

the feel im getting once he c/c the flop (Qx) and realised he could get some action from you he bet out on the turn and subsequently on the river too... i fold the turn here with no reads.

[Biglines]

yep I should have reraised more pre. The turn bet though really irritates me because its so small relative to the pot size, and I have a hard time folding to such a small bet

[texa8]

yeah i know i hate that too... i just hear bells when an OOP player c/c's the flop, then bets on the turn.. dunno why

[oskar]

Since it's ultra-short 3-bet pre can be correct depending on villain, but don't just throw out another minraise. Make it 30-40c to go.
Villains line is weired. I really want to give him a backdoor flush there.

Anyway... stop it with the minraises, and the money shall flow in your direction.

A hand I played yesterday: thought it was funny how similar they look: http://weaktight.com/750763

[Carroters]

min raise pre sucks heavily - If we're going to be 3 betting such a dominated hand we're going to need to at least try to win the pot in the process.

Flop and turn are okay imo - theres no way you can fold getting almost 6-1 when all hes done is call your flop bet and donk out a tiny amount. This is so often retarded draws like K,10 or diamonds etc.

You played it fine post flop but yeah, stop fucking min raising!

[xX zorrito Xx]

re raise him in an effort to make other people with better hands hands than you fold preflop...

a squeeze play against min raisers works best in my expiriences playing micros provided the table is not full of complete super donks with a saw flop % of over 50

[AFchung]

personally i'd check behind this flop. we're not folding anything out that beats us

[Micro2Macro]

KJo on button 6 handed facing a min raise plus no reads. I think it might be better to just flat call and see a flop. We have position so we can control the size of the pot by just calling preflop and we will force our opponent to play poker with us.

By under-3-betting preflop you're just building a big pot with a marginal hand. Unless we have stats on him that he will call lots of 3-bets and fold lots of flops, I don't see a need to bother 3-betting. Save raising for postflop in this case.

I agree with AFchung though based on how you played it, checking behind is good because it will control the size of the pot, and make our opponent a little unsure about firing the turn. We could get weaker hands such as lower pairs to bet into us too whereas not much worse than a queen or a draw will call your bet on the flop.

[Monty3038]

personally i'd check behind this flop. we're not folding anything out that beats us

gotta go with chung here... check and re-evaluate.