You think KQ/QT/Q9/Q8 are going to fold to a raise on the flop? Without knowing how villain plays they might call with KT/T9 too.

If vil only ever has Qx then yes, raising makes sense. However vil has a lot more than just Qx.

Vil quite often has a mid PP, Jx or some such. Qx is getting it in by the river anyway considering he is short stacked regardless of whether you call or raise now, everything else folds to a raise.

You have to ask yourself: "why is villain donk betting?"

and we can't answer that question readless

why raise

There could be any number of answers to this. A donk bet does not mean vil has Qx. Let's face it, a short-mid stack with Qx is getting it in by the river regardless of what we do, so we need to base our actions around extracting the max from the remainder of vils range.

Vil could have:
Qx, JJ. With these vil will be all-in no matter what we do. Raising flop or turn is irrelevant as neither hero nor vil is folding.
PP or Jx. Vil likely folds to a raise, we may get another bet out of vil if we call and bet small on a later street. Small-mid pocket pairs make up a surprisngly large range of flop donk bets from what I have seen.
Draw. We may get another street of value out of a draw that we wouldn't if we raise now.
Air. Vil isn't calling a raise with air but may catch on the turn or try a second barrel.
******ation. This fortunately makes a disturbingly non-0 part of many vils range. Vil folds to a raise but tries a multi-street bluff if we call.

as above

Update on my goal for the month. Took my first shot at a $5 MTT and got first place and have now tripled my initial deposit - that's the good news.......bad news is it's on Merge and seems like the DOJ is coming - lol.........oh, well, four more shots this month if things don't fall apart there.

^^ last 3weeks or so

i will be clocking 300k hands from now on every month & look to move to 100nl in 6-8months is the goal

300k a month? Jesus christ.

Iv decided not to look at my graph until the end of the month.

I was going to be pleased with myself if I could put in 30k hands / month! 300k / month is crazy talk!!! Currently also at NL10, race you to NL100 I'm also trying to get there within 6 months.

(gave up on the PLO idea, hate BR nittery which means I would be busto in no time).

Denks im at 10NL, (just!) and I try put around 30k hands in a month too.

Whats your roll at? Im unsure when to move to 25NL as its a bigger jump 30 BIs would be $750, might need more though.

I'm rather aggro with my BRM approach so I would not recommend anybody to do the same unless they are comfortable moving down if required. I'm working on 20BI with the assumption that any session I start below this threshold I move down in stakes. Currently at around $430 so need to hit $500 to take a shot at NL25.

Im at $440 so this should be interesting. I play 6 tables at a time so would be hard to move up to 25NL with $500 for me. Iv only just moved upto 10NL though this month.

The race is on

exo is the god of poker volume

re volume: I've played 28k hands since Thursday (breakeven fml) - $60 profit from selling T$ from FPP satties though



Shipped 3.5 BI into 5.8k hand session, meh... got coolered a few times, boat under boat, set under set

Spewed two hands vs a LAG, 4b jammed over a min3b on on mono flop with TPTK he snaps off with the flopped flush, a few hands later mono flop vs same villain, I c/r under pair bet jam a rivered set and he had the flopped flush again -.- if I don't river a set I don't jam river thinking he has two pair or TPTK with the Ac

Biggest winning hand

lol@his turn overjam, ship itttttttt

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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SB: $5.16
Hero (BB): $7.37
UTG: $9.58
MP: $5.44
CO: $5.00
BTN: $6.90

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with T Q
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.10, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.22) 6 K J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.45, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $1.25, BTN calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.72) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $5.55 all in, Hero calls $5.55

River: ($13.82) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)




biggest loosing

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (BB): $5.95
UTG: $5.19
MP: $5.07
CO: $4.69
BTN: $18.35
SB: $3.37

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with 7 7
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32) 9 K J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.35, Hero raises to $1.10, BTN calls $0.75

Turn: ($2.52) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.10, BTN calls $1.10

River: ($4.72) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.60 all in, BTN calls $3.60

flop 4bet sizing in hand 1 is awful

flop c/r in hand 2 is also awful, turn and river is also awful

What size on hand 1? Villian is fish didnt want to make my hand look too strong but im snapping any jam

Hand 2 trying to outplay I guess, his cbet is 100% over 800 hands and given the hand prior where he flopped a flush and 3bet the flop I thought he would take the same line

Just finished another rollercoaster of a session. I started off spewing a few stacks. Getting it in with the nuts and getting freerolled and they always seem to hit Getting caught in bluffs etc. I was swinging between break even and down a few buy-ins. Eventually managed to get on the good side of some big pots and finished up 6 buy-ins after 1200 hands. I could have won another 2 buy-ins if I played a pot a bit differently....I have T997 and go to the flop 3 way. Flop comes T96ss BB checks, I check, CO bets, BB moves all in and it comes to me with middle set + gutshot. I took the wimpy line and mucked as it's so obv someone has 87. CO ended up calling with AAQJ, BB had the 87 and the turn was a T

This one was pretty tilting. Should have got it all in pre.

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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CO: $4.45
BTN: $13.39
SB: $5.93
BB: $3.76
Hero (UTG): $5.00
MP: $1.93

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG with J A A K
Hero raises to $0.15, 3 folds, SB calls $0.13, BB raises to $0.35, Hero raises to $1.20, 1 fold, BB calls $0.85

Flop: ($2.55) K J 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.43, BB raises to $2.56 all in, Hero calls $0.13

Turn: ($7.67) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($7.67) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $7.67
BB shows A T T A (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Hero shows J A A K (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
BB wins $7.30
(Rake: $0.37)

lol, this was my biggest suck out of the session. I felt a bit ill after seeing the cards when they were flipped and was pulling so hard for a 4 on the river

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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UTG: $5.00
CO: $7.62
Hero (BTN): $8.25
SB: $4.33
BB: $5.12

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with T 5 6 K
UTG raises to $0.17, CO calls $0.17, Hero calls $0.17, SB calls $0.15, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.85) T 2 K (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.81, UTG folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $3.24, SB calls $3.24, BB raises to $4.95 all in, Hero calls $1.71, SB calls $0.92 all in

Turn: ($14.91) 3 (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($14.91) 4 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $14.91
Hero shows T 5 6 K (a straight, Deuce to Six)
SB shows T 3 A J (two pair, Tens and Threes)
BB shows K 2 K Q (three of a kind, Kings)
Hero wins $1.50
Hero wins $12.67
(Rake: $0.74)

meh....how do we not get this in on the flop?

Hand #3
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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UTG: $4.00
CO: $7.44
Hero (BTN): $5.20
SB: $8.96
BB: $2.60

UTG posts a big blind ($0.05)

Pre Flop: ($0.12) Hero is BTN with 8 K 7 9
UTG checks, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.10, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.37) T J 7 (2 players)
BB bets $0.18, Hero raises to $0.90, BB calls $0.72

Turn: ($2.17) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.07, BB calls $1.55 all in

River: ($5.27) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $5.27
Hero shows 8 K 7 9 (a flush, King high)
BB shows J J 6 2 (four of a kind, Jacks)
BB wins $5.02
(Rake: $0.25)

Just decided to float flop because I could hit my T without completing any draws and had a flush draw. Turn gave me a ton more equity so I decided to try get it in and have some fold equity by betting.

Hand #4
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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MP: $5.56
CO: $5.00
BTN: $5.34
SB: $12.70
BB: $17.39
Hero (UTG): $6.08

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG with T Q T K
Hero raises to $0.15, 2 folds, BTN raises to $0.52, SB calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.61) 4 5 9 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $1.05, SB calls $1.05, Hero calls $1.05

Turn: ($4.76) J (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, BTN folds, SB calls $3

River: ($10.76) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.51 all in, SB folds

Final Pot: $10.76
Hero mucks T Q T K
Hero wins $10.24
(Rake: $0.52)

lol, this was one of the craziest hands of the session. The way the hand played I really put villain on a flopped nuts. I could have raised turn but didn't want to be drawing thin. On the river I made my hand and figured there's no reason not to check-raise. How the **** does villain have T9xx in this spot?!?

Hand #5
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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UTG: $5.58
CO: $6.43
BTN: $3.05
Hero (SB): $5.07
BB: $2.50

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with 9 5 8 6
1 fold, CO raises to $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.13, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.60) 4 2 6 (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets $0.33, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.33, BB folds

Turn: ($1.26) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

River: ($3.06) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.80, Hero raises to $3.69 all in, CO calls $1.89

Final Pot: $10.44
CO shows T A A 9 (a straight, Six to Ten)
Hero shows 9 5 8 6 (a straight, Five to Nine)
CO wins $9.93
(Rake: $0.51)

Another big multi-way pot. I decided to 3bet and call the 4bet in position. I put villain on AAxx and with a pair + OESD + backdoor flush draws I decided to get it in. I got a bit lucky considering 7652 was 57% to win.

Hand #6
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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MP: $4.83
Hero (CO): $5.33
BTN: $2.60
SB: $5.17
BB: $10.59
UTG: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with 7 Q 6 9
1 fold, MP raises to $0.17, Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, BB calls $0.35, MP raises to $1.62, Hero calls $1.22, BB calls $1.22

Flop: ($4.88) 4 7 8 (3 players)
BB bets $4.64, MP calls $3.21 all in, Hero calls $3.71 all in

Turn: ($15.51) 8 (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($15.51) T (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $15.51
MP shows A A Q 9 (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Hero shows 7 Q 6 9 (a straight, Six to Ten)
BB shows 2 6 5 7 (a straight, Four to Eight)
Hero wins $0.95
Hero wins $13.80
(Rake: $0.76)

lol....me and this villain had a bit of history. One of them was me opening from BTN with 8996ss and him 3betting out of the blind. I flopped a 9 and we got it all in on flop vs his overpair and I held. I hit a pretty big flop the way I saw it and just bet it all the way. Fortunately dodged his flush draw and won a good sized pot.

Hand #7
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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BTN: $5.00
Hero (SB): $12.25
BB: $10.38
UTG: $5.00
CO: $4.54

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with A T 9 A
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.30) 7 8 A (2 players)
Hero bets $0.23, BB raises to $0.60, Hero raises to $2.09, BB calls $1.49

Turn: ($4.48) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.26, BB raises to $8.14 all in, Hero calls $3.88

River: ($20.76) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $20.76
Hero shows A T 9 A (a full house, Aces full of Sevens)
BB shows A 9 2 5 (a straight, Five to Nine)
Hero wins $19.74
(Rake: $1.02)

Flopping a pretty huge draw + having villain's flush draw dominated. 77% on the flop and 70% on turn.

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4 players
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CO: $5.00
Hero (BTN): $5.00
SB: $5.91
BB: $5.30

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with K 7 5 4
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32) 2 3 7 (2 players)
BB bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.80, BB calls $0.60

Turn: ($1.92) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $1.83, Hero raises to $4.05 all in, BB calls $2.22

River: ($10.02) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $10.02
Hero shows K 7 5 4 (a flush, Seven high)
BB shows 3 Q Q J (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $9.53
(Rake: $0.49)

1. you give yourself stupid stacksizes for future streets. cib there is literally pointless.

2. look at his flop sizing, look at the board texture, look at your hand

sounds like you are leveling yourself/clicking buttons a ton

Wondering what my second game should be for a bit of R+R once a week. Choices are:
1) PLO
2) LHE
3) SnGs (up to 180 man)
4) Learn a bit of all the games in 8-game.

Decisions decisions...?
(this is not for BR building purposes, just so my mind stays fresh while I'm playing my main game rather than getting bored with the repetition).

I'm really glad I took a day off poker. Two of the next three days have been great and I'm back over 0 for the month (actually, 150bb over... 350bb after bonuses). It helps to clear your head I guess.

CO ($5.28) - 24/9, 0.3 AF over 40 hands
Hero (Button) ($14.49)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, A
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.10, 2 folds, CO calls $0.10, Hero bets $0.55, 3 folds, CO calls $0.45

Flop: ($1.35) 2, 5, 8 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.90, CO calls $0.90

Turn: ($3.15) 7 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero ?

There's no way he calls me preflop with T6 so I've got 12 outs to the nuts here. If I have any fold equity at all this is an easy shove (Villain has about $3.80 behind). Villain's stats are strange though. He's limping a ton and not being very aggressive which suggests he's chasing with speculative hands. On the plus side I am way ahead of a pure draw but am behind hands like 66, 98, TT or JJ. (Then again in those cases the Ace and sometimes 9 are outs for me). Of course he could have hit a set too and spoil some of my heart outs but that's not too likely.

If it's approximately a coinflip though I should just go the aggro route and ship it, right?

If he is not aggro and will never bluff a river then there is no reason to shove. You have showdown value with your A-high so you beat most random overcard combinations. You will never fold out TT, JJ or most pairs against a passive calling station so there is no point trying.

Oh my...what a tilting session. I start off (wearing my jumper) and go up close to 3 buy-ins in a very short space of time. I take it off and then hell broke loose. I started to run bad which brought on some mild tilt, the 3 buy-ins went + another 4. Eventually got back to even, then lost back 3. Put on my jumper for the run good and got back to even and finished up a buy-in. 3k hands for the day +7 buy-ins. I still need to work on my tilting a bit and my bluff frequencies before I move up which might be in the next week or so depending on how things go.

This is how I started my session, pretty easy game

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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UTG: $5.00
MP: $5.98
CO: $12.60
BTN: $12.43
SB: $8.09
Hero (BB): $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with Q 6 J 6
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, CO calls $0.05, 1 fold, SB calls $0.03, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.20) T 9 4 (4 players)
SB bets $0.19, Hero raises to $0.50, UTG folds, CO folds, SB raises to $1.69, Hero calls $1.19

Turn: ($3.58) 8 (2 players)
SB bets $3.41, Hero calls $3.26 all in

River: ($10.10) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $10.10
SB shows 9 Q 9 7 (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero shows Q 6 J 6 (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Hero wins $9.61
(Rake: $0.49)

Massive flop for me, wtf is villain up to?

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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BB: $6.51
UTG: $11.67
Hero (MP): $5.41
CO: $5.20
BTN: $5.89
SB: $7.89

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is MP with 9 T 6 5
UTG calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.65) 7 8 A (4 players)
SB bets $0.62, UTG calls $0.62, Hero raises to $3.10, BTN calls $3.10, SB folds, UTG folds

Turn: ($8.09) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.16 all in, BTN calls $2.16

River: ($12.41) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $12.41
Hero shows 9 T 6 5 (a straight, Six to Ten)
BTN shows J A K 4 (a pair of Aces)
Hero wins $11.81
(Rake: $0.60)

I was worried about 67 but it turned out I had no real reason to be concerned.

Hand #3
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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BTN: $6.36
SB: $12.81
Hero (BB): $5.07
UTG: $6.99
CO: $2.88

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with J A A 2
UTG raises to $0.17, CO calls $0.17, BTN calls $0.17, SB calls $0.15, Hero raises to $0.70, UTG calls $0.53, CO calls $0.53, BTN calls $0.53, SB calls $0.53

Flop: ($3.50) 3 4 5 (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, UTG folds, CO folds, BTN raises to $5.66 all in, SB folds, Hero calls $1.37 all in

Turn: ($12.24) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($12.24) 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $12.24
BTN shows 7 9 9 Q (two pair, Queens and Threes)
Hero shows J A A 2 (a straight, Ace to Five)
Hero wins $11.64
(Rake: $0.60)

Engage run bad! Why the hell raise me on the turn? Makes no difference, villain's not folding turn to a raise. Nice river

Hand #4
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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CO: $3.56
BTN: $2.59
SB: $5.29
Hero (BB): $10.55
UTG: $5.34
MP: $6.50

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with A A 9 2
1 fold, MP raises to $0.10, CO calls $0.10, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.32) 3 2 A (3 players)
Hero bets $0.20, MP folds, CO calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.72) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.55, CO raises to $1.10, Hero calls $0.55

River: ($2.92) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.40, CO calls $2.16 all in

Final Pot: $7.24
CO shows 3 3 9 7 (four of a kind, Threes)
Hero shows A A 9 2 (a full house, Aces full of Threes)
CO wins $6.89
(Rake: $0.35)

I got my jumper back on I really wasn't that thrilled to be playing >100bb deep multi way in this pot but I knew it was pretty +EV to get it in.

Hand #5
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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Hero (SB): $8.09
BB: $16.97
UTG: $2.11
CO: $3.69
BTN: $4.92

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with 9 Q K T
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, BTN raises to $0.10, Hero calls $0.08, BB calls $0.05, UTG calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.40) K 4 9 (4 players)
Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30, UTG calls $0.30, BTN folds

Turn: ($1.30) 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $1.20, BB raises to $4.84, UTG calls $1.71 all in, Hero raises to $7.69 all in, BB calls $2.85

River: ($18.39) 4 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $18.39
Hero shows 9 Q K T (two pair, Kings and Nines)
BB shows A 8 2 7 (a pair of Fours)
UTG shows T K 3 Q (two pair, Kings and Fours)
Hero wins $11.36
Hero wins $6.12
(Rake: $0.91)

Monster flop for me. I love these huge draws but get antsy if I don't hit on the turn. 62% for me on the flop.

Hand #6
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4 players
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BB: $13.60
CO: $6.01
Hero (BTN): $5.57
SB: $14.38

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with 5 4 6 T
CO calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold, CO calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.50) 7 3 2 (3 players)
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.30, SB raises to $1.38, CO folds, Hero raises to $4.62, SB raises to $7.86, Hero calls $0.80 all in

Turn: ($11.34) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($11.34) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $11.34
Hero shows 5 4 6 T (a flush, Jack high)
SB shows 3 5 7 5 (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
Hero wins $10.78
(Rake: $0.56)

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saw flop

UTG ($6.26)
UTG+1 ($9.22)
MP1 ($3.40)
Hero (MP2) ($10.65)
MP3 ($14.04)
CO ($12.46)
Button ($10.02)
SB ($5.42)
BB ($15.76)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
3 folds, Hero bets $0.30, 4 folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.65) 10, Q, 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.55, BB calls $0.55

Turn: ($1.75) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.50, BB raises to $3, Hero calls $1.50

River: ($7.75) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Total pot: $14.75 | Rake: $0.71

u guys shove turn or like a call down vs a 29/9/2?