$2 NLHE 6-max: opinions on this hand

I've not long joined the table and had no read on this player.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to river265 [Kh Ks]
SuCkOuT8000: folds
river265: raises $0.04 to $0.06
AleXPatric48: folds
alexandrp: folds
deLamarck: folds
Marx_Kalash: calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [Kd 5h 2c]
Marx_Kalash: bets $0.06
river265: calls $0.06
*** TURN *** [Kd 5h 2c] [6c]
Marx_Kalash: bets $0.24
river265: calls $0.24
*** RIVER *** [Kd 5h 2c 6c] [Jd]
Marx_Kalash: bets $0.54 and is all-in
river265: calls $0.54
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Marx_Kalash: shows [4h 3s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
river265: shows [Kh Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
Marx_Kalash collected $1.75 from pot

Was a call on the flop the right play? i put the villain on pocket pairs, KA, QA. Or should i re-rasied his bet on the flop.

not reraise you are favorite on the flop, so let him bluff then, but 34..i will not put villian on this too

You played it fine, nothing you can do

Was a call on the flop the right play? i put the villain on pocket pairs, KA, QA. Or should i re-rasied his bet on the flop.

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He had 0.88 to start the hand, which suggests he's a poor player. So you had this read available, albeit it's thin.

In any case, after he bets the flop, he has 0.78 behind and the pot is 0.15. Given the range you're assigning him plus the very dry nature of the flop, the questions to ask are how much value to aim for and what your best chance is to get it.

If he has AK or flopped a smaller set, it probably doesn't matter if you re-raise since you're quite likely to be able to extract the same amount of value - quite possibly his entire stack - whether you re-raise or check now.

If he has AQ or a pocket pair, it seems more likely you can get some value - although not as much - by calling than my re-raising.

So I don't see much of a case for re-raising. Note that if the stacks were deeper, you might be somewhat more inclined to re-raise because if you check behind, you may be less able to get his entire stack in on the turn and/or river.

Nh.... you need to get my book on how not to get sucked out on, and how to suckout when behind. Learn those two things and you will be a master of the arts.

This is another case where you have to pay him off.

Its online poker. Weird things happen.

You didnt commit any mistake. Your opponent actually did.

Nah, everything is fine here. Above all else I would never expect him to hold connectors with a 40BB stack. You would scare away medium PPs with a raise, so just kick back and let him do the betting.

John A said:

Nh.... you need to get my book on how not to get sucked out on, and how to suckout when behind. Learn those two things and you will be a master of the arts.

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How to suck out is easy. Go to a site you know is rigged and get into situations where you know you're well behind.

How not to get sucked out on is also easy. Don't play.