Quote Originally Posted by sarbox68
Got it. The thing that also f-d with my gourd on this one was the min bet line. He calls my 5x PFR. Then he min bets OOP the flop and calls my subsequent 5x R. And THEN min bets out the turn again. Followed by the basically min bet on the River.What's the best way to read that? I figured a weak hand (again, TP...) but really was mostly going WTF??... got confused, and folded....
You see a few hands minbetting into the PFR
1) A draw. They're hoping you won't raise.
2) Some players might minbet TP with a very weak kicker.
3) Very seldom, but often enough to mention, I see someone minbetting to try and induce a raise with something strong. Like I say, very seldom.

I guess various other hands will do it, but they're basically all weak. Middle pair or some pocket pair they want to showdown cheap when overs are out.

I love raising the flop minbet. I probably raise the turn, depending, but I don't like when they call the flop and minbet the turn again. On the river, I usually just call because I don't want to reopen the betting. However, you can figure you're almost never going to be three-bet bluffed there, and so a raise is also a good play. Depending on the player, you may fold a trash Kx. If you raise and he three-bets, it's an insta-fold for obvious reasons.

My read, FWIW, in that hand with the villain is MP or better, and probably half of the range is top pair. But it's not even approaching close enough to find a fold.