Hey, after a long while of not playing poker I've decided to come back and play.

Unfortunately I am not very good, although love the game.

From the last 500 or so hands I've played since I've gotten back I seem to be losing money on hands that perhaps I shouldn't be.

For example, I'll have a really good hand, like AA. But only bet maybe 0.04 on it (super micro stakes) everyone ends up calling and I lose out to trips or something of the like.

Does anyone have any general guidelines they use for betting?

Should I be all inning here or can someone maybe give me some tips?

Thank you!

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...ns-bet-645508/

I think I'll have to read this a few times before I fully understand it. Thank you!

A couple questions, I guess.

When Ron says:

How does one know if you're ahead of the opponent?

How do you know what ranges to guess of your opponent?

^^^you gotta play more...a lot more!

If you have top pair or better, keep betting until a villain gives you reason to think you're beat. The obvious way you find out is when he raises. At that point, you should usually fold.
And don't min-raise hands like pocket aces. It's the best starting hand. You should bet at least 3 big blinds if there is no one in the pot already, and 4 or 5 bb if there is a limper. You don't want 5 players seeing the flop. You want to get heads up. Once you see the flop, keep betting until the board gets very scary (e.g. 9TJQ) or villain raises.
You need to play a lot more hands, but do a lot of reading too.
Start with http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...micros-430637/ and also work your way through http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...ntents-397190/ (starting at the bottom and working upwards).