Is this how no limit works usually? I've been playing for a hot second now (about 3 years) and constantly working on my game, but this is still the way things go, more so online than Live. The basic gist is that people are smart, and they know when I have a hand and fold, letting me win a minipot. Or they try to hit a set/two pair, by calling the preflop raise, and then dump after failure to do so. However, when they do hit I usually give away more than i've won in the whole session just making normal value bets, until the "I've made a set/drawn out on you" bet rears it's ugly head.
Is this normal? Sorry if it sounds like a whine, I guess at heart it is but i'm sure I'm missing something.
A concrete example of this situation is given below this, and in regards to the river bet, if i'm ever stupid enough to call it with one pair i lose, and after doing that about 50 times I finally realize this.
In fact getting raised period online, especially after the flop, usually means any of my one pair hands are beat...
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 9 Players - (
LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $11.65
BB: $25.00
Hero (UTG): $28.00
UTG+1: $14.95
MP1: $15.75
MP2: $28.25
MP3: $15.95
CO: $25.90
BTN: $19.10
Preflop: Hero is dealt J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (9 Players)
<font color="red">Hero raises to $0.85</font>,
UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $0.85,
5 folds, BB calls $0.60
Flop: ($2.65) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $2.00</font>, MP1 calls $2.00,
BB folds
Turn: ($6.65) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3.00</font>, MP1 calls $3.00
River: ($12.65) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3.50</font>, <font color="red">MP1 raises all-in to $9.90</font>,
Hero folds
Uncalled bet of $6.40 returned to MP1
Pot Size: $19.65 ($0.95 Rake)