Originally Posted by POKEMONS

Fold flop and fail that fold turn.

There's only one semi-bluff in his flop range (78) and even then I would expect him to flat with it most of the time. Furthermore, his giganto raise leads me to believe he has 2pair+ most of the time. Turn has to be a fold since you're pretty much always crushed here. No reason to lose 150bb here.

Originally Posted by dranger7070

Here's rule number one for your guide:

FISH DON'T BLUFF RAISE at the micros, EVER!!!

Seriously, this is possibly one of the most profitable things you will learn lol. Took me a long time to realize this, and a lot longer to implement the proper strategy to counteract it, which is FOLD.

Yes you have TP2ndK but you should NEVER be willing to call a 6x reraise on a flop with it. You are giving away the initiative and you are oftentimes (pretty much always) beat.

And I'm right there with you that AQ is one of my biggest losers. I take it too far in spots I shouldnt.

Originally Posted by Revolver123

Thank you for this. I feel the same way. I've been reading too many posts that say to "get it all in because of such and such math and such and such equity." This was my last hand of the night and I was tilting because prior my AA got busted by QT 2 pair lol. I used to trust my intuition to fold because I think at micros, when you are faced with heavy leading aggression like this, you are beat 95% of the time.

Most of the advice on this site is very very good. However, it really only applies to 50NL and above where everybody is positionally aware and plays the same starting hands for the most part. There needs to be a microstakes guide written.. other than play tight ABC. One of the first rules could be don't over-value your TPTK when faced with heavy aggression at micro stakes due to the wide wide range of the players as you are usually destroyed by 2 pair or better.

Maybe I'll write the guide when I finally beat microstakes

Originally Posted by Revolver123

Here's the tricky part. Fish don't bluff raise, true. I'm with you 100% on that. But sometimes they do raise with hands you are ahead of. Such as AJ on the above flop. Would you wanna fold AQ to AJ on this flop? (He didn't have AJ by the way, just giving an example). Do you think a fish would fold AJ, call or raise with it here?

The skill comes in discerning when you are ahead of these fish to make money off of them and when you are behind these fish to avoid getting stacked off, as I did in the hand above.

Originally Posted by Revolver123

Here's another one. I wanna call this but I just know the villain has a set here. On a board like this, what else would he call my PF raise with and then raise here?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($1.90)
Button ($4.50)
SB ($7.75)
BB ($10.15)
UTG ($6)
UTG+1 ($7.15)
MP1 ($8.50)
Hero (MP2) ($24.50)
MP3 ($14.25)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero bets $0.50, 4 folds, BB calls $0.40, UTG+1 calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.55) 2, 4, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $1, BB raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero folds

Total pot: $3.55 | Rake: $0.15