Hello.

I've been out of online poker for a while due to tilt issues. I was on a pretty hot streak and scored a couple of big ones both online and live. It had a great deal of influence on my mental state. I got some coaching and it got me to the point that I really like the game again.

I started playing HU cash games again because that is the variant I love most in poker.

I'd like some info on the following hand. Villian is a relative unknown. (10 hands) I'm not quite sure about my sizings.


Table 'C Carinae' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: TheNuTsss10 ($149.66 in chips)
Seat 2: x ($100.99 in chips)
TheNuTsss10: posts small blind $0.25
x: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to x [5c Ah]
TheNuTsss10: raises $0.50 to $1
x: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [5s Ts 5d]
Djwibi: checks
TheNuTsss10: bets $1
x: calls $1
*** TURN *** [5s Ts 5d] [9d]
x: checks
TheNuTsss10: bets $3
x: raises $5.29 to $8.29
TheNuTsss10: calls $5.29
*** RIVER *** [5s Ts 5d 9d] [Kd]
x: bets $10.71
TheNuTsss10: calls $10.71
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Djwibi: shows [5c Ah] (three of a kind, Fives)
TheNuTsss10: shows [2d 8d] (a flush, King high)
TheNuTsss10 collected $41.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***

How often do you raise flop? If you raise 15%+ I would be c/r flop with draw on the flop.

As played raise more on the turn you need to stack worst 5x and charge 2 possible draws more. Also QJ once K hits and flush hits - play carefully we are still betting for value usually on a smaller side to get a call from 5x and K9 K10 type of hands and we are losing to all 1010 / 99 / Flushes / QJ

My standard turn sizing would be a min-raise here, followed by c/c this particular river, but if you're going to bet then ~1/2 pot seems fine.