I got a new acronym to play by at the micro's: VSF. You may guess Very Shady F****** or Vagina Super Fun, but it stands for ValueBet, ShowdownValue and FoldEquity to me.
I just read a great post on 2+2 (Theory (looong): how to beat the micro's (2NL-50NL) - Micro Stakes Pot Limit and No Limit - Micro Stakes Poker Forum) on how to beat the micro's; it's kinda dumbed down, but that's how most of the people in the micro's like it I guess.
Point of the whole article is this decision tree:
Can you value bet?
Yes: Value bet
No: Proceed to next q
Do you have any showdown value?
Yes: Check/Fold
No: Proceed to next q
Do you have fold equity?
Yes: VERY RARELY bluff (very dependent on the line taken and the board)
No: Check/Fold
Bluffing should be rarely used as not many people in the micro's can fold many hands. For ex, they have TPTK and there's a straight draw on the board. Villain may not necessarily fold even if you represented a straight from the beginning of the line.
Another problem for a lot of beginners is that they think everyone is bluffing. This is a terrible mentality to have at the micro's (as you will find out if you keep calling these "bluffs"). There is no need really to be trying to win every pot. Just fold if villain reraises on a scary board and you don't have a hand very close to the nuts. Fold and proceed to next hand. Vbet/Vbet/Vshove. Collect. Move on up.
*Edit: I realized this post sounds commanding. This was cause it was kind of me telling myself to stop trying to extract value out of every hand I go into that has any potential. This has been very -EV for me.
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