$2 NL HE 6-max: 2 NL game : Should I have called the 2Bet ? Was 4 betting a mistake?

The utg min raise confused me. I pretty much considered it a limp due to how low the bet was. Didn't know what to raise to so I raised to 6BB instinctively but I got a chart saying to call here (which seems weird). I got 4-betted so I went for the 5bet. What could I have done differently in this hand ? Luckily the flop aided me







Poker Hand #HD2924553968: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2026/06/24 06:18:00
Table 'NLHWhite76' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ce976c52 ($3.6 in chips)
Seat 2: 2a6a1d45 ($2.66 in chips)
Seat 3: b10cdb17 ($2.06 in chips)
Seat 4: 126b604d ($0.44 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($2 in chips)
Seat 6: 6cda1cf0 ($2.43 in chips)
2a6a1d45: posts small blind $0.01
b10cdb17: posts big blind $0.02
Hero: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ce976c52
Dealt to 2a6a1d45
Dealt to b10cdb17
Dealt to 126b604d
Dealt to Hero [Ah Jh]
Dealt to 6cda1cf0
126b604d: raises $0.02 to $0.04
Hero: raises $0.08 to $0.12
6cda1cf0: raises $0.24 to $0.36
ce976c52: folds
2a6a1d45: folds
b10cdb17: folds
126b604d: folds
Hero: raises $0.24 to $0.6
6cda1cf0: calls $0.24
*** FLOP *** [Jc Th Jd]
Hero: bets $0.96
6cda1cf0: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.96) returned to Hero
*** SHOWDOWN ***
Hero collected $1.19 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.27 | Rake $0.06 | Jackpot $0.02 | Bingo $0 | Fortune $0 | Tax $0
Board [Jc Th Jd]
Seat 1: ce976c52 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 2a6a1d45 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: b10cdb17 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: 126b604d folded before Flop
Seat 5: Hero won ($1.19)
Seat 6: 6cda1cf0 folded on the Flop

In the preflop solution provided by GTO Wizard AJs is a partial 3-bet and partial call from HJ against a 2,5BB UGT raise. So the chart, you looked at, seems to be a bit outdated or overly simplified. If you read the min-raise as weak, which I tend to agree with, its very reasonable to go for the 3-bet to isolate UTG. However when CO puts in a cold 4-bet, GTO Wizard only continue with pocket pairs, AK and AQs. So unless you have some kind of read, that CO is a maniac, AJs is a clear fold.

The min-raise confusion is the real story of this hand, so here's the useful reframe: at 2NL a min-raise carries almost no information. Some players min-raise aces, some min-raise every playable hand, so don't try to read the sizing, read the action that follows.
Your 3-bet to 6bb was fine, and the chart saying call is fine too, those are just two different plans. The spot where the hand went sideways is the 5-bet. The small-stakes default straight out of the books: facing a 4-bet, fold all but the strongest premiums. Continue with AA and KK, add JJ and AK only against someone you've actually seen 4-bet light, and dump everything else without ceremony. After an instinct 3-bet, "confused" is never a reason to put more money in.
Also, next time include your actual cards in the post, the best replies here get a lot sharper with them.

The 3bet is fine, but then easy fold to 4bet and you actually 5bet!

I dont really know why you would shove that board, you got bailed out then let your opponent off the hook

Station_Master said:

I dont really know why you would shove that board, you got bailed out then let your opponent off the hook

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Yeah I kind of glossed over that, because OP asked about preflop, and we should never really see the flop like this. But as played this is definitely a good time to slowplay being out of position and with less than a pot sized bet left. We have this board completely crushed, so we want to give the opponent a chance to either bluff or value own himself. Or perhaps catch up to a no good top pair, if he has a hand like AK/AQ. If he check back, we can still easily get stacks inside on the turn and river, so there is no reason to make this a 1-street hand.

Get in the habit of asking yourself 'Why'. Why are you betting? Why are you just calling? Why are you 5-betting? (seems your response to this one was 'because villain 4bet'... you might want to work on that).
It's good to familiarize yourself with ranges but in game do not use a chart (pretty sure it's cheating... who cares if others do it). Also, we're talkin' 2nl where you want to be working on exploits! It's doubtful that many of your opponents will be playing anywhere close to game theory optimal, lol. imo you're going to lose a lot of value if you're attempting to yourself on those tables (but then again, I'm assuming that many of them just play poorly)