$2 NLHE Full Ring: Pot Sized Flop Bet

Winning Poker Network - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: $1.22
Hero (MP+1): $1.33
CO: $2.17
BTN: $2.25
SB: $1.12
BB: $1.24
UTG: $0.40
UTG+1: $0.98

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has Q:spade: Q:heart:

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.06, fold, Hero raises to $0.13, fold, BTN calls $0.13, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $0.07

Flop: ($0.42, 3 players) 4:club: 6:club: 9:club:
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.40, fold, fold

Hero wins $0.40

Was I too aggressive with my pot sized bet on the flop here? My thinking was that since I almost definitely had top pair I wanted to protect against the flush draws who saw a suited board come down by betting enough to block any of their continuation bets.

I think I would have raised pre a larger amount. Probably more like 20 cents. Min-raise isn't folding out many draw-type hands and I'm not sure inducing a 4-bet with QQ pre-flop is what you desired.

As played I think flop is good. Better to take the pot there than get out-drawn.

use auto-top up.

Well played . you dont want to be betting smallish esp,vs 2 villains on such a draw heavy board.


3bet bigger pre. Make it from .18 to .22

Raise more preflop, the fish in 2nl will be calling with lolbad hands so often, so you want to isolate in order to play the pot heads up or against 2 people. Anywhere from .18 to .24 is fine.

Flop is fine, even though you have a spade, another spade can kill the action and you won't be able to get anymore value, or someone who has the K or A of spade will win a lot from you. Your hand is strong and there are possible draws out there, and the fish can call with bad hands, so you should put a big pot size bet out there.

vinylspiros said:

use auto-top up.

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It was a short stacked 50bb table. I have to play them sometimes because they're really common on my network and in order to multi table full ring I have to join one of those now and then as well.

twohaha said:

Raise more preflop, the fish in 2nl will be calling with lolbad hands so often, so you want to isolate in order to play the pot heads up or against 2 people. Anywhere from .18 to .24 is fine.

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See, this is what I've been wondering. I generally will raise .06 to .13 preflop when I'm the first into the pot @ 2NL. It certainly isolates fish but if you think I can go in the .18 - .24 range and still get action this is good to know.

Thanks