Any thoughts on these hands appreciated

Hand 1:
I'd raise bigger preflop with two limpers. I'd also check the flop. That board doesn't favor you at all.
Turn check is interesting as played and I don't think it's bad. After that, you have to call KQ, you protect your turn check-line for some reason (I suppose). Price is ridiculous too, what he has doesn't matter at all, it's a call, period.

Hand 2:
Usually, check-raising as the aggressor doesn't accomplish anything different from betting yourself. So, c-bet your nutflush or check/call imo. There's nothing wrong with check/calling, despite being OOP. It will be difficult OTT but you have to get used to it. If you don't have draws that can play as check/call you can be exploited easily. Not that it is the case at NL2 (at all), but still doesn't hurt to have those spots relatively balanced.
The raise size is quite small too.

About reasons to bet: those are the ones we use when playing. Janda once wrote (correct me if I'm mistaken):
- Build the pot when we're ahead (similar to those).
- Deny equity to villain's range.

after looking into most of your hands i want to make the general note, that you are playing to loose for fullring standards.

FR is a lot about coolers. having the nutflush. when someone else has a lesser flush, having topset ... you get the ghist.

playing micro stakes your main enemy is rake. say opening a hand like K8s has a very marginal EV in a 200 NL game, it may very well be -EV playing 10 NL.

the 2 hands above are ok, but even dreaming about 3betting QJo vs EP w an entire table left to act is atrocious.

so check your DB, filter for iso, CC or 3bet IP and you should show a nice profit, cause folding has 0 EV.

... and get a chart.

Originally posted by killacasey
not a Lag I have an average VPIP of about 20% full ring
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TAG FR is between 12-15 % VP.
LAG is 16-19% and 20% + is already beyond repair.

Originally posted by Pokamon

Originally posted by killacasey
not a Lag I have an average VPIP of about 20% full ring
.

TAG FR is between 12-15 % VP.
LAG is 16-19% and 20% + is already beyond repair.

The majority of LAGs have a VPIP ranging between 25% and 35%. A player who plays 25% VPIP is essentially a rather loose TAG, while a player who plays 35% is verging on being a “maniac” (one step above LAG)

What is a good Vpip percentage?
Player types based on VPIP stat percentages.
14% - 23% is tight. These players are generally playing good/premium hands in solid positions.

Quick google search . Quit trying to hate on me for no reason.... both hands I've posted here are fine starting hands I'm growing each day and your hanging onto a hand that I re-raised a fish who was utg maybe it was a mistake but I've learnt from it . I do use charts and I am getting better.Not sure what your needling at but your not getting anywhere with it .

oh boy, i expected you to ask for advice.

... and do not use the quick searches. be thoroughly.

you are looking for fullring VP. not VP in general.

then what you get is a 6max number, cause this is what is played.

good luck.

A good VPIP full ring is 15% I play around 20 because I like to play my buttons and CO a bit more , I don’t play super tight with my cards face up . It fits my play style like it or lump it . I’m not sure why you expect me to ask you for advice ? You com across as condescending and toxic rather than helpful I don’t accept advice from people like that.

Originally posted by killacasey
I’m not sure why you expect me to ask you for advice ?

cause you post here!? cause you open a thread w/ the line "thougts appreciated"?

Originally posted by killacasey
You com across as condescending and toxic rather than helpful I don’t accept advice from people like that.

i am an autist and not a native speaker. so stuff like that is not second nature to me. still i would not bet on you being more polite.

This article does a good job of defining the categories:
https://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/bss/five-player-types/

There used to be one with a diagram, something like this:

I couldn't find the one from PokerStrategy.com so I lifted one at random from another site.
I think that the tight-passive is what is usually called a nit or weak-tight
Loose-passives are often calling stations as well

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
This article does a good job of defining the categories:
https://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/bss/five-player-types/

There used to be one with a diagram, something like this:

I couldn't find the one from PokerStrategy.com so I lifted one at random from another site.
I think that the tight-passive is what is usually called a nit or weak-tight
Loose-passives are often calling stations as well

Thank you ! Appreciate the resources