$2 NLHE 6-max: Getting raped on FT

I am just playing back on FT to take advantage of the bonus offer. Won 3BI on my first day, but have lost about half of it back.

Please rip me apart on this one. hands like this keeps happening and I keep folding. They can't all have it everytime and they wouldn't be firing out like this if they really had a huge hand. I am just too weak.

Full Tilt - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em (6 players)
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BU: $3.93
BU: $1.12
BU: $2.05
MP: $2.00
CO: $2.03
BTN Hero: $1.80

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN and dealt
2 folds, CO raises $0.07, Hero calls $0.07, BU folds, BU calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.22) (3 players)
BU checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.14, BU calls $0.14, CO folds

Turn: ($0.50) (2 players)
BU bets $0.50, Hero folds, BU returned $0.50

I might 3bet this pre flop if the table isn't too loose.

After his check-call on the flop cum potbet on the turn the only thing you beat is a bluff. I'd fold unless he is known to run bluffs on scary boards ALOT.

Looks fine to me but remember to turn on auto rebuy so you always have at least 100bbs

I think you played the hand postflop all right, but I too love playing the folding is never completely wrong game.

Depending on the player I like a 3bet preflop as capslock said but I'd do it against a loose CO, not sure I understand why he would only do it on a tight table ? If the guy folds a lot to 3bets, 3bet "bluff". If he's loose then 3bet for value. Otherwise call isn't bad and fold is ok too I guess. What do you think guys ?

It's getting frustrating because there's a ton of floating the flop then betting pot sized or larger than pot size on the turn. To go to showdown would be putting half my stack in there with mid- pair. It doesn't help that I am on a run where I am rarely hitting anything.

Maybe I should just loosen up and shove a wider range. There's no way these guys are hitting the board hard so consistently. They must be overvaluing their hands or just bluffing.

Its probably all in your head, there really isn't much floating at 2nl, they mostly call with some piece of the pie

blueskies said:

It's getting frustrating because there's a ton of floating the flop then betting pot sized or larger than pot size on the turn. To go to showdown would be putting half my stack in there with mid- pair. It doesn't help that I am on a run where I am rarely hitting anything.

Maybe I should just loosen up and shove a wider range. There's no way these guys are hitting the board hard so consistently. They must be overvaluing their hands or just bluffing.

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Wrong. They are hitting it every time. Don't create fantasies and start making lookse calldowns now.

The other possibility is you run into aggro donks, bluff machines but don't figure it out - pay more attention, those ppl are easiest to spot.

You played the hand fine, this is totally standard. Is there another way you propose to play it that is better? Please post that so we can rip it apart

bgomez89 said:

Its probably all in your head, there really isn't much floating at 2nl, they mostly call with some piece of the pie

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Also, 3 bet pre.

I think it is a fold at the end, in the best case, he got an over pair, which still have a decent chance against you. Especially after calling your bet on flop, it makes him likely to have a full house. I would probably just check the flop to get a cheap flush, but raise is fine as well I suppose.

blueskies said:

It's getting frustrating because there's a ton of floating the flop then betting pot sized or larger than pot size on the turn. To go to showdown would be putting half my stack in there with mid- pair. It doesn't help that I am on a run where I am rarely hitting anything.

Maybe I should just loosen up and shove a wider range. There's no way these guys are hitting the board hard so consistently. They must be overvaluing their hands or just bluffing.

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Yes, it does get frustrating. But they are hitting their hands, to whatever extent. And few micro players shove without the nuts, especially on a hand like this.

If you don't like people floating the flop, 3-bet preflop if you are going to play the hand to make that a lot harder to do. Particularly if you are on the button.

Folding this particular hand on the turn was correct. A 3-bet preflop or re-raise on the flop might have given you the hand; at the least, you would have had a better idea where you stood. But if you fold to pressure a lot in a standard ring table, you start looking exploitable. Yes, even in micros. So you need to make that big re-raise here and there so you don't get pushed around too much. Not this hand, not on that turn, but enough so that people can't just run over you.

And, no, don't loosen up and shove a wider range. (You are not a total nit if you are playing KQs.) Not unless you are bankrolled for high variance. I suspect part of the problem here is that you are not bankrolled sufficiently even for this level.

Patience, grasshopper -- and play harder when you do play a hand.