Hey All,

Little intro about myself: I used to be a successful low stakes MTT on Stars. Now living in South Florida playing in my free time 1/2 and the occasional 2/5 NL game and trying to get better. Will be trying to post regularly to improve.

1/2 NL, $300 max

Hero BB: $450
Villain 1 $300 CO: A good reg, which is rare at 1/2. He used to play 2/5 but made some bad life choices and had to move down. Plays very aggressively IP. Has a sizing tell pre, standard raise is $10-15, he opens to $6 with small pp and sc though.

Villains 2 SB and 3 MP $150: Bad regs. Loose passive pre, fit or fold post.

V3 limps, V1 raises to $6, V2 calls, Hero calls with 8s9s, V3 calls.

Flop: 2d4s8c

All check to V1 who c-bets $15. Hero?

Go with your read and call.

Based on your read you should 3-bet this pre. 89s is a nice IO hand, but that doesn't really do you a lot of good if the PFR doesn't have a big hand either.

As played flop seems like a call.

Yeah, flop is a standard call. What more do you know about his tendencies on later streets? Will he barrel with overs and draws? Does he tend to pot control on the turn?

You should have a plan while calling here for what turn cards you intend to donk, to check-call, to check-raise, and to check-fold...

If he tends to barrel too much, I'd check-call most turn cards. If he tends to pot control, I'd bet $35 on the turn.