Why, oh why did I not value bet the river.

This player was fairly loose, raising a good number of hands and 3 betting somewhat loosely. Dont have his exact stats, sorry.

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($10.21)
UTG+1 ($8.33)
CO ($5.18)
Hero ($10.28)
SB ($2.80)
BB ($6.41)

Pre-flop: ($0.07, 6 players) Hero is BTN
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.3, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.9, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.6

Flop: ($1.87, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.6, UTG+1 calls $0.6

Turn: ($3.07, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $1.55, UTG+1 calls $1.55

River: ($6.17, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $6.17
UTG+1 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $5.87 ( won +$2.82 )
UTG+1 lost -$3.05


This next hand just plain sucks, getting donked is never fun. Knowing I probably let it happen makes it even less fun. Should I have shoved this flop harder with only TP/TK? No reads on this villain, I hadn't been at the table long and he left right after this:

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($3.28)
Hero ($9.93)
BTN ($4.48)
SB ($12.23)
BB ($5.33)

Pre-flop: ($0.07, 5 players) Hero is CO
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.2, 1 fold, SB calls $0.18, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.6, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.6, 3 players)
SB bets $0.05, BB raises to $0.25, Hero raises to $1.9, SB calls $1.85, BB folds

River: ($4.65, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.95, SB calls $2.95

Final Pot: $10.55
Hero shows:
SB shows:

SB wins $10.05 ( won +$5 )
Hero lost -$5.05
BB lost -$0.45



ok I'm not going to play $10 NLHE, no matter how tempting, anymore until I have at least 30 buy ins for it. I run fairly well, but just play too tentatively compared to the $5 game.