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I was being dealt pocket tens, under the gun. Blinds aren't hurting for anyone, but I had a decent stack size, arounnd 1.5 the average.

I decided to min-raise on a full table, everyone folded except the two blinds.
Flop: AK5. SB puts in a min-bet, so I fold with the two over cards on the table.
Turn card: T :(

Should I have folded my tens pre-flop? Should I have called the min-bet post-flop?
 
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No harm in that. I would say raise a bit more and possibly some of the ace rag type hands fold, but just an unlucky flop imo. You cant dwell on cards that may have come or rabbit hunting.

You should never fold TT preflop first in imo.

Someone calling a raise from blinds does smell like A-rag. That being said, if you reraised the min bet he could bail being scared of his kicker, putting you on something stronger (since you raised UTG) like AT-AK, and fold right away. If he calls, you know to shut it down on further streets if no improvement.

You should post suits of your hand as flush and bd-flush draws could have an impact on your decision / answers as well.
 
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There is no shame in folding to two over cards on a flop to a reasonable bet. A min bet is not a reasonable bet. I always take a min bet post flop as a check and adjust accordingly. If you would bet this flop you raise if you would check back this flop you call.

Yous absolutely cannot fold preflop.
 
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Check pot odds and your chance of catcing set on thw turn then decide its fk easy like 2+2
 
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Fold TT preflop , with this action , IMO, I don't think so ,but post flop , it all depends on how much was this ''min-bet'' in comparison to the pot and the stacks , if you had referred all this info it would have been easier to tell you , now I don't know for sure, you have position , if it's not big , and it's small you might see the turn , at least that's what I do , and fold the river .
 
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I shall include more details next time, but since I was posting this as I was playing I made it a quick post.
I didn't mention suits since that was no issue here, three different suits on the flop.
In retrospect, my fold was to quick, didn't think it through and just folded at the sight of AK on the flop. A call would have been better given the small size of the bet, or maybe even better: a 3-bet representing a big hand?
Thanks for the feedback. Lately I've been focusing more on position and playing ranges, so that I forget about the good old pot odds ;-)
 
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1 . small raise. you are not representing anything (= not fold Eq.), either raise good ~3bb or fold. Especialy on EP
2 . turn does not mean anything. any hand PRF can win on SD if gets there but hopping that you 27o is "good enough" is a bad way of thinking.
 
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yes never fold to the blinds min raise there(remember they are the only 2 you have position on)... You should have cbet40% pot or even a little less. Show strength dont be afraid to loose a couple blinds... if you get 3 bet than reassess based on villains tendencies.
 
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Preflop larger sizing would be my default. Say 3-4bb with deep stacks but keep that bet consistent thru all hand strength you raise utg. As played on the flop the pot contains 6bb sb bets 1bb, giving you incredible odds (7-1) on the call. Definately worth a call. Especially in position and closing the action.
 
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I was being dealt pocket tens, under the gun. Blinds aren't hurting for anyone, but I had a decent stack size, arounnd 1.5 the average.

I decided to min-raise on a full table, everyone folded except the two blinds.
Flop: AK5. SB puts in a min-bet, so I fold with the two over cards on the table.
Turn card: T :(

Should I have folded my tens pre-flop? Should I have called the min-bet post-flop?

i think that you should often but not all the time call min bet ( even 2x bb) specially if you have above average stack odds of sb and bb have high cards and not re-raising are fairly low and you had great pot odds to call:)
 
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Should raise the bet to get the clear picture of what the raiser really had. After your raise everything would be clearer!
 
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Lol bad question again. You have 9% for set after the flop. If min raise was an 1/10 of the bank, easy call. 2/10 or more easy fold.
 
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Call or re-raise, better call in this situation imo. Next move depends on circumstances.
 
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In this situation(stack enable),1 the street, we can safely call.
 
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You should have to fold on the flop. if you made a small raise before the flop, the blinds could be doing any number hands with including all the aces. the set probability is not large to call it.
 
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I think you played the hand okay until the fold. With a min bet I would have called until the river to try to hit a set and then most likely called to see what he had. The info was worth the chips. If the bets were larger, I would have mucked 10's easily.

I don't think its a bad practice to learn to let big pairs go. A 1/2 the pot bet would have seen me fold QQ in that spot. I've folded thousands of hands that would have been winners on the turn or river. Its not a big deal.
 
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Some players will lead this flop and fold to a raise. But it's hard to tell if this is their tendency. Easier to do in cash games.
 
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Hindsight is always twenty twenty, can't be mad at folding to two overs in that spot, would it have hurt to see the turn. Just don't dwell on the past and mentally reset so u can focus on he next hand
 
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min raise was inviting blinds to take part maybe 3-4 raise would of been better, all depends on the table, still no shame in folding to two over cards, unknown quantity of turn or river card cannot help in the decision whether or not to fold
 
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I was being dealt pocket tens, under the gun. Blinds aren't hurting for anyone, but I had a decent stack size, arounnd 1.5 the average.

I decided to min-raise on a full table, everyone folded except the two blinds.
Flop: AK5. SB puts in a min-bet, so I fold with the two over cards on the table.
Turn card: T :(

Should I have folded my tens pre-flop? Should I have called the min-bet post-flop?


You were the preflop raiser. Even if min bet its still from worse position which shows some strength. Why not throw the ole raise in there post flop to see where ya stand and rep that big ace or king or even AK?
 
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You folded too easy,i would have called because you said he did a min bet,easy call there,if it was more than 3bb fold but 1bb is ok to call,my opinion :)
 
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on preflop raise not 2bb , do it's raise 3-3.5 bb.
on a flop don't fold on minraise call at odds bank.
if raise was biggest, then u can fold
 
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How much is min-bet? Does SB like to donkbet? Is he loosy enough to enter the game with 5x? All this matters. And in addition you have backdoor straight.
 
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That small bet doesn't represent streght...I always call...
 
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I prefer open this hand with min raise or 3 bet. But if flop not help me and I catch all-in or re-raise I`m folding. I thinking what folding the flash with small kicker is a right decision. Sure that depends from many factors in tournament.
 
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