50NL Weak made hand

[Emmitt2222]

This is such an easy hand I bet for most people, but I really want to know the ins and outs of why I'm doing things.

What I want to know is how much to be betting on every street against your average donk. Do I want to be potting the flop to chase out overcards or do I only want to half-pot it because I want to control the size of the pot with a marginal hand that could get killed on the turn?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em (NL$50) <font color="#0000FF">(6 handed)</font> link

CO ($65.52)
Button ($72.21)
SB ($48.50)
Hero ($75.48)
UTG ($25.65)
MP ($52.05)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, CO calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, SB calls $0.25, Hero checks.

Flop: ($2.00) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.90</font>, UTG calls $1.90, CO folds, SB folds.

Turn: ($5.80) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4.00</font>, UTG calls $4.00.

River: ($13.80) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8.00</font>, UTG calls $8.00.

Final Pot: $29.80.