Checking my small pot play

A few hands:

complete unknown, but has open limped.

POKERSTARS GAME #10798273478: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/07/06 - 12:35:05 (ET)
Table 'Auriga IV' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: wassy ($223.05 in chips)
Seat 3: redgrape ($525.70 in chips)
Seat 4: iggor27 ($41 in chips)
Seat 5: dgrimreaper ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: paddopoker ($168.85 in chips)
iggor27: posts small blind $1
dgrimreaper: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redgrape [As 9h]
paddopoker: folds
wassy: folds
redgrape: raises $4 to $6
iggor27: calls $5
dgrimreaper: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c Jc 9d]
iggor27: checks
redgrape: bets $10
iggor27: raises $25 to $35 and is all-in
redgrape:

guy is like 30/15 passive

POKERSTARS GAME #10798374663: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/07/06 - 12:43:33 (ET)
Table 'Zanaih IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: G-De-Gus ($47.90 in chips)
Seat 2: bonattojovem ($225 in chips)
Seat 3: x_kage_x ($402.45 in chips)
Seat 4: winner1972 ($41.75 in chips)
Seat 5: redgrape ($207 in chips)
redgrape: posts small blind $1
Boartskiepke: is sitting out
G-De-Gus: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redgrape [Ac 9h]
Boartskiepke leaves the table
bonattojovem: folds
x_kage_x: folds
winner1972: calls $2
redgrape: calls $1
G-De-Gus: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d 5c As]
redgrape: bets $6
G-De-Gus: folds
winner1972: calls $6
*** TURN *** [8d 5c As] [6d]
redgrape: bets $12
winner1972: raises $12 to $24
shawnf joins the table at seat #6
redgrape:


Well, I guess this isnt small pot but. guy is 46/10 kinda passive fishy.

POKERSTARS GAME #10798248350: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/07/06 - 12:32:55 (ET)
Table 'Abetti III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: evgis ($386.30 in chips)
Seat 2: dravec ($712.40 in chips)
Seat 3: redgrape ($200 in chips)
Seat 4: carvajalesa ($264.30 in chips)
Seat 5: BSmittyAU ($227.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Fogster ($398.20 in chips)
Fogster: posts small blind $1
evgis: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redgrape [Ks Qs]
dravec: folds
redgrape: raises $6 to $8
carvajalesa: folds
BSmittyAU: folds
Fogster: calls $7
evgis: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [Jh Js 5s]
Fogster: checks
evgis: checks
redgrape: bets $14
Fogster: raises $24 to $38
evgis: folds
redgrape: calls $24
*** TURN *** [Jh Js 5s] [Ad]
Fogster: bets $66
redgrape: calls $66
*** RIVER *** [Jh Js 5s Ad] [6h]
Fogster: bets $286.20 and is all-in
redgrape: folds

Hand 1: I don't know that you can really play small pot poker against short stacks...well, you can, but I don't think that it helps you because in my mind one of the advantages of small pot poker can be risking less to win and getting away more cheaply. You're not risking less or getting away more cheaply when you end up having to call anyway.

In the hand, I bet more on just about every street and call the shove.

Hand 2: Wouldn't small pot poker have you betting 3 or 4 instead of 6? Making the pot on the turn 12, so you can bet 8. You're likely faced with the same decision, but if you fold, you lose less. Alternatively, you could check the turn to snap off a bluff if villain is aggro like that.

Hand 3: I think you either have to fold the turn or get more money in on the flop. If we give your overs half credit as outs (reasonable, I think), then you have 12 outs on the flop == 48%. Pot equity makes it mathematically better to get as much in here as possible. On the turn that's down to 24%, making your odds much more questionable unless you're positive that you're taking his stack anyway.

hmmmm, you're right i can probably bet less because there's almost no implied odds.

Hand 1: Call you'll see xcxc, T90, QTo enough here to be profitable.

Hand 2:Need more reads here, but I tend to raise here. You either take it down there or on the A high flop. I can't stand letting button limpers see cheap flops. This has always worked for me.

Hand 3: Don't get past the flop without a plan. Either go to war or fold, I think anything else is spew.

1- played goot, snap call on the flop
2- jeffreyGB - good point on bet sizes...also i'd fold the turn oop, no read suggesting not to.
3- looks good. id rather just fold on the turn but thats me.

hand 1- insta call (if u have been folding anything remotely similar to mid pair in this spot its a leak
hand 2- fold turn
hand 3- 3betting flop is fine but not probably best
as played C/F turn seems like ur best option

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Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

Hand 3: I think you either have to fold the turn or get more money in on the flop. If we give your overs half credit as outs (reasonable, I think), then you have 12 outs on the flop == 48%.

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if we are giving our overs credit as outs then shouldnt we bluff the ace?
i dont think we can count them as outs and agree you have to fold the turn, but if you think your overs are good against this villain then raise turn

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Originally Posted by c-luvin

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Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

Hand 3: I think you either have to fold the turn or get more money in on the flop. If we give your overs half credit as outs (reasonable, I think), then you have 12 outs on the flop == 48%.

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if we are giving our overs credit as outs then shouldnt we bluff the ace?
i dont think we can count them as outs and agree you have to fold the turn, but if you think your overs are good against this villain then raise turn

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I'm not counting our overs as full outs. I'm saying that half the time when we hit them from the flop we improve to be ahead. This is true when he has Ax or a pocket pair. You're right that on the turn it's much less likely that our overs are good outs. We can probably only count them for a collective 1 out, making the turn call even more questionable...

i would shove the turn if he checked or a weak bet. But his bet makes it pretty clear he has trips or a bluff (i dont think that's likely from thsi guy).