Quote Originally Posted by dranger7070
Imo, TT is by FAR the most awkward hand for me to play. I always figure it to be ahead the majority of the time PF, until shown otherwise by my opponents (shoving over for example). After the flop however, unless it's all unders I'm never sure where I stand. And at 2nl its going to be pretty hard to find out unless we take it to showdown because most people are calling down if they hit ANY piece of the flop.
TT is doing decent against most callers' ranges on a J, Q, K, JQ, A flop, in roughly that order. I'm willing to throw a c-bet out there on any of the first 4 or 5 flops against one opponent, and probably on only the first 2 or 3 against 2+ opponents.

I don't know what you mean when you say it's going to be hard to find out if you're ahead unless you take it to showdown. Then take it to showdown! Most players at 2NL are pretty passive and will be happy to check/call anything less than TPGK. That means if they call your c-bet on an overcard board and then bet the turn, you're probably beat. Basically, if there's an overcard and they call, just check down to showdown and hope to be ahead. Sure, they'll suck out with a dumb hand sometimes, but much more often they won't. The only real mistake you can make is to keep betting when you're not doing it for value and you're not getting a better hand to fold. And if he shows up with bottom pair and you win, be happy! Don't feel bad you didn't suck more value out of him. You had TT on an overcard board... you got plenty of value preflop and on the flop.

With a hand like TT or JJ, if you break even on the boards with an over or two, you're in good shape. You're basically freerolling for the times when you hit your set or have an undercard board where you can get 2-3 streets of value.