What do you think?

These are hands I played in the last few days that would usually be easy folds for me but I've been trying to think about my post flop play a bit more. What do you think?

(Note: sometimes I buy in for 60bb.)
Both vilians about 25/15/3

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($18.30)
UTG ($18.10)
MP ($24.10)
CO ($31.50)
Button ($23.90)
SB ($25.55)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J.
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.5, UTG folds, MP calls $1.25, CO calls $1.25.

Flop: ($4.85) T, 3, 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $2.5, CO folds, Hero calls $2.50.

Turn: ($9.85) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $4, Hero raises to $8.5, MP calls $4.50.

River: ($26.85) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $11.6 (All-In), Hero calls $5.80 (All-In).

Final Pot: $38.45


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Button ($23.50)
SB ($15.05)
BB ($26.85)
UTG ($35.70)
MP ($10)
Hero ($25.50)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6, 6. MP posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.25, MP (poster) checks, Hero raises to $1.25, 2 folds, BB calls $1, UTG calls $1, MP folds.

Flop: ($4.10) 8, 2, 2 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $2.5, BB folds, UTG raises to $5, Hero raises to $9.75, UTG raises to $34.45, Hero calls $14.50 (All-In).

Turn: ($52.60) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($52.60) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $52.60

1) You kinda played that backwards. Either cbet or just c/f that flop, I hate c/call. If you're going to semibluff the turn at least don't do it in a way that he has to call your c/r.

2) Fold to UTG's minraise, definitely fold to his 4bet shove.

both are horrible

Against described villians I don't really like either.
1)If your gonna raise the turn its better to shove since you're basically committing yourself to the hand anyway. Flop call isn't horrible but I don't know that I even bother to float here.
2) bet more on flop like 3-4. I don't really like the essentially min rereraise. I don't know what you're beating here other than a bluff so I wouldn't be calling his push.
I find that min raises are rarely a bluff.
overall I'm folding both flops.

I do not like either. I assume at least one worked because you posted but I think there is very little FE the way you played them.

Originally Posted by Ash256

1) You kinda played that backwards. Either cbet or just c/f that flop, I hate c/call. If you're going to semibluff the turn at least don't do it in a way that he has to call your c/r.

2) Fold to UTG's minraise, definitely fold to his 4bet shove.

Yeah I usually fold these super easy, but I decided to go with my reads a bit more these last few days when I felt villian was fos with great results,
but I posted the hh because when I looked back at them it was like wtf were you thinking?
a) putting your stack on the line with A high/66
b) Min-raise bluffing etc.

For results orientated he had K9 in hand 1 & 33 in Hand 2.
I'll continue experimenting with these moves vs weak players even using min-raise when I feel I have the best of them until I hit some sort of downswing & see how it goes.

But yeah I have to agree they look horrible so that downswing might hit very soon.

Its the same as this hand (I played a few minutes ago) which probably looks terrible to you guys, but to me just seems like (now that Im working on my post flop play) a very straightforward spot to check float oop vs a weak low stakes player.
I would have min raised turn here as I did in hand 1 above, but river lead works fine to.
Lol I bet it looks awful, but with weak players in this spot their range is air 90% of the time.

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Hero ($15.35)
MP ($37.35)
CO ($5)
Button ($15.60)
SB ($22.15)
BB ($5)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K. CO posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero raises to $1.25, MP calls $1.25, 4 folds.

Flop: ($3.10) 2, T, 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3.5, Hero calls $3.50.

Turn: ($10.10) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.

River: ($10.10) J (2 players)
Hero bets $4, MP folds.

Final Pot: $10.10

If I was MP there I'd be betting the turn and probably the river.


Why not just c-bet?

Because a weak but aggressive low stakes player will be raising your cbet in pos on uber-dry boards like this (but only with air)
You can try counter by check raising instead but on this board to them it looks like re-bluff ,but calling and min-raising turn reads monster to them and as they have air most time its seems to be fairly +ev counter strategy.

Also in the 66 hand, at the top of the thread , a weak player will almost always lead with an 8 if he's "that type" or he'll check call it & if he has trip 2's or boat he is almost always slow playing one street on this board (unless there is at least an A/k he thinks hero could have.)
There is almost nothing in his range that he would check min-raise with
hence the re-bluff & then he tanked and shoved.
I really felt I would be ahead in this scenario often enough to call.
(but as you can see he thought my small 3bet could be a re-bluff/weakish hand hence the shove which is why I'll often smooth call flop and make a move on the turn if I have a strong read villian is fos.)