$2 NLHE Full Ring: Should I have gone in here?

$2 NL HE Full Ring: Should I have gone in here?

Just interested to what you people think of this. Haven't been playing online long, but do you think my fold here is the right move, although I would have eventually won the pot. With a re-raise and 2 callers I was pretty sure didn't have the strongest hand on the table.


pokerstars Game #25382574310: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/02/26 15:58:00 ET
Table 'Nemausa IV' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: J_moly88 ($5.58 in chips)
Seat 2: Hansa1961 ($2.88 in chips)
Seat 3: Bio Boss ($1.89 in chips)
Seat 4: Snico1979 ($0.77 in chips)
Seat 5: deepblue007 ($6.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Krychun ($1.69 in chips)
Seat 7: funny33__boy ($1.74 in chips)
Seat 8: BuddhaLounge ($1.99 in chips)
funny33__boy: posts small blind $0.01
BuddhaLounge: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to J_moly88 [Ah Qd]
J_moly88: raises $0.06 to $0.08
Hansa1961: folds
Bio Boss: folds
Snico1979: raises $0.06 to $0.14
deepblue007: folds
Krychun: calls $0.14
funny33__boy: calls $0.13
BuddhaLounge: folds
J_moly88: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6d 2s]
funny33__boy: checks
Snico1979: bets $0.08
Krychun: calls $0.08
funny33__boy: calls $0.08
*** TURN *** [Qs 6d 2s] <font color='red'>8♥</font>
funny33__boy: checks
Snico1979: bets $0.55 and is all-in
Krychun: folds
funny33__boy: calls $0.55
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6d 2s 8h] <font color='black'>5♣</font>
*** SHOW DOWN ***
funny33__boy: shows [7c 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
Snico1979: mucks hand
funny33__boy collected $1.81 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.86 | Rake $0.05
Board [Qs 6d 2s 8h 5c]
Seat 1: J_moly88 folded before Flop
Seat 2: Hansa1961 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Bio Boss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Snico1979 mucked [Ad Kh]
Seat 5: deepblue007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Krychun (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: funny33__boy (small blind) showed [7c 7s] and won ($1.81) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 8: BuddhaLounge (big blind) folded before Flop

For just a minimum raise more I would've called and seen a flop here - especially at $2NL where, as you've seen, people will make this move with medium pairs that we can easily outflop as well as other stuff we dominate like KQ/QJ/other garbage besides.

We can then play fit or fold on the flop - if we hit top pair or better we can be reasonably confident in our hand. If we miss entirely and there's action, we can get away or draw if the flop and odds are right.

As above definately should be calling a min raise here and seeing a flop.

Oz is right, I think calling pre-flop is the best move here. I don't like shoving pre-flop, but I think that would have been a better move than folding to the min-raise.

u have to be willing to see flops when playing at this level.
mini type raises are common, esp with mid pairs.
see flops cheaply and when u hit them you can get paid off by
those unwilling to dump their mid pair hands.