Playing Trash Hands On The Big Blind

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So you are in late position with a trash hand like 84 off or something and already auto posted your 2 cent BB in micro stakes so you have to play this hand or you are just throwing away money.

The flop comes up 8 4 6

Check, raise, what?

Or even worse, what if you have q4 and the flop comes in...

q 8 6

Check, raise, what?

With trouble habds like this you can easily get killed by a higher kicker, a straight, or simply get beat on the turn or river against someones ace or 10!
 
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Are you talking about calling a raise in the BB with trash or just checking to see the flop?

Generally play weak made hands cautiously when OOP, check/calling or check folding. That would apply to the q4 hand you gave but the 84 hand you gave flopped well!, top 2 pair, so go for a check/raise or check/call then check/raise the turn.
 
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Right, I thought so, just checking. Advice I gave above applies.
 
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I mean don't lead out with pot sized bets or 3/4 PSB's over 3 streets! Check one or two streets to keep the pot small. You have a small hand and want to keep the pot small.

Q4 hand for example - I would check the flop, if it gets checked back I might make a small turn bet if the turn is not a A or K. Totally depends on what type of villain you are up against though and whether the board is suited etc.
 
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Do not ever auto post bb. You're burning money by doing that.
 
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You have 2 pairs I would raise big.
 
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So you are in late position with a trash hand like 84 off or something and already auto posted your 2 cent BB in micro

.... Um. Late position with the BB? Are you talking about not waiting for the big blind to hit you? Don't auto-post. You're throwing money away.
 
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I like thrash hands cuz then your opponents never know what you have! And if you ain't auto posting you ain't trying IMO.
 
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I like thrash hands cuz then your opponents never know what you have! And if you ain't auto posting you ain't trying IMO.

There's a reason that we make the least money (on average) from the big blind. Being forced to put money out before you see your cards is -EV. You should always just wait for the actual big blind to hit you.
 
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Everyday I'm Levelling, Levelling, Levelling.
 
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Everyday I'm Levelling, Levelling, Levelling.

lol! :rolleyes:

check raise big #1, barrel turn cards that don't make the 4 straight.

lead out #2,.

just imo.
 
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