A10 With River Decision

[Chris E 0]

I've just started playing cash games in my very short amateur poker journey and it has been hard for me to adjust from playing tournaments. I think I may have completely mucked this hand up, so I would appreciate advice on all streets. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)BB ($3.60)UTG ($0.96)UTG+1 ($3.12)MP1 ($2.03)MP2 ($1.15)MP3 =#A500AF(Villain)/ ($3.58)Hero ($2.51)Button ($2.93)SB ($5.04)Preflop: Hero is CO with , . UTG calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.02, MP2 calls $0.02, MP3 =#A500AF(Villain)/ calls $0.02, Hero raises to $0.1, 3 folds, UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 =#A500AF(Villain)/ calls $0.08.Flop: ($0.29) , , (2 players)Villain bets $0.02, Hero raises to $0.1, Villain calls $0.08.Turn: ($0.49) (2 players)Villain bets $0.08, Hero calls $0.08.River: ($0.65) (2 players)Villain bets $0.32As this is micro limits people see a flop with everything. So, would you raise pf like I did to build the pot because I very likely have the best hand? This is an issue I have been having with hands like A8-10. How do you play these hands in middle position with 1-3 limpers? On the flop I interpreted the tiny bet as weakness, I could have raised more but I felt that if he had nothing he would not call this 'smallish' raise anyway. So I hit my card on the river, but with a paired board do you call or raise?Cheers

[Acid_Knight 2]

Preflop, you really should raise more if you are going to raise. That is a lot of limpers, and I might even just limp along since bloating the pot with this hand isn't good either.On the flop, raise his bet to a bigger amount. You made it 5x his bet, but in relation to the pot, it's a tiny raise.The turn call is fine.I just call the river too. Not much sense in raising.

[tskillz187 0]

Pretty much agree with Acid, except I think you should raise this PF. Punish all the bad players that want to limp and make them pay a real price, I think you should make it at least .16.Flop bet is a joke, make it something like .30 or whatever was in the pot before he bet. When I get tiny little bets like this led into me, I just pretend they didn't happen and I bet whatever I had planned to c-bet in the first place.Turn is fine.River just call.

[XXEddie 0]

uh....its $2NLA raise WILL be paid of by worser hands A LOT

[TheWanderer 0]

Without exceptional reads, anything but a call on river is bad.

[Chris E 0]

Thank you guys, I admit I probably then made a bad play. I raised to about 80c, I just assumed that he wouldn't have a FH all that often but looking back now I can easily see the mistake. He called a raise so there was a good chance he had a Jack in his hand or an Ace for a split pot. Sure enough he had QJ but only called my raise.

[Sheiky 0]

PF raise should be bigger, at these limits i find it usefull to raise 4BBs+1BB per limper.