$2 NL HE 6-max: Did I play this hand well?

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Bluelime

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No Limit
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Poker Hand #HD2931375470: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2026/06/29 09:49:21
Table 'NLHWhite15' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: 7c46e893 ($2.01 in chips)
Seat 4: 3c2e8ea9 ($5.22 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($1.87 in chips)
Seat 6: 431fc4b5 ($2.51 in chips)
3c2e8ea9: posts small blind $0.01
Hero: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7c46e893
Dealt to 3c2e8ea9
Dealt to Hero [Ts Th]
Dealt to 431fc4b5
431fc4b5: raises $0.04 to $0.06
7c46e893: folds
3c2e8ea9: calls $0.05
Hero: raises $0.12 to $0.18
431fc4b5: calls $0.12
3c2e8ea9: folds
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd 7d]
Hero: checks
431fc4b5: bets $0.32
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.32) returned to 431fc4b5
*** SHOWDOWN ***
431fc4b5 collected $0.4 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.42 | Rake $0.02 | Jackpot $0 | Bingo $0 | Fortune $0 | Tax $0
Board [4d Qd 7d]
Seat 2: 7c46e893 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: 3c2e8ea9 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Hero (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: 431fc4b5 won ($0.4)
 
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Preflop
Standard 3-bet sizing for a 100BB cash game is 3x in position and 4x out of position, and then you add any flat calls in between. So here it would be 4 x $0.06 + $0.06 = $0.30. Your sizing of just $0.18 is therefore say to small. If you dont want to bloat the pot this much, it is also an option to just stick in the extra $0.04 and see a flop.

An undersized 3-bet pretty much just massages the pot larger, since the in position player will get a great price to see a flop, and then you have just bloated the pot, when you are out of position with a hand, that decent but still kind of rough to play on many flops. Its actually kind of amazing, that SB did not come along as well for an extra $0.12.

Flop
Pretty terrible flop for you obviously, where you could easily be drawing to one or two outs or even a runner-runner boat, and when your hand is best, your opponent will have a ton of equity with any random diamond in his hand. So I definitely like your decision to start defensively with a check, and when he bet this large, I also like your decision to simply fold.

This feels pretty weak-tight, but sometimes in poker the best decision is to get out of a bad situation as cheaply as possible, and I think, this was one of those times. It boils back to preflop, because if you 3-bet much larger, then maybe he actually does fold sometimes, and then you dont need to see this ugly flop out of position.
 
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fundiver199 said:
Preflop
Standard 3-bet sizing for a 100BB cash game is 3x in position and 4x out of position, and then you add any flat calls in between. So here it would be 4 x $0.06 + $0.06 = $0.30. Your sizing of just $0.18 is therefore say to small. If you dont want to bloat the pot this much, it is also an option to just stick in the extra $0.04 and see a flop.

An undersized 3-bet pretty much just massages the pot larger, since the in position player will get a great price to see a flop, and then you have just bloated the pot, when you are out of position with a hand, that decent but still kind of rough to play on many flops. Its actually kind of amazing, that SB did not come along as well for an extra $0.12.

Flop
Pretty terrible flop for you obviously, where you could easily be drawing to one or two outs or even a runner-runner boat, and when your hand is best, your opponent will have a ton of equity with any random diamond in his hand. So I definitely like your decision to start defensively with a check, and when he bet this large, I also like your decision to simply fold.

This feels pretty weak-tight, but sometimes in poker the best decision is to get out of a bad situation as cheaply as possible, and I think, this was one of those times. It boils back to preflop, because if you 3-bet much larger, then maybe he actually does fold sometimes, and then you dont need to see this ugly flop out of position.
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Appreciate you, that made a lot of sense
 
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