Bad Boy

I'm not too far in the book yet, but I think it can help you. The book talks a lot about how to play against different player types, most of which you'll also encounter at 5NL and 10NL.

Also, I've realized that no matter what book you read, you should never attempt to copy exactly what is said in the book. Poker is a very dynamic game and you need to be able to think for yourself in every situation. What's important is that you understand the concepts that players talk about in their books. If you understand the concepts you'll know what to think about in different spots, and the Grinders Manual is full of relevant concepts.

You could also take a look at blackrain79.com. Nathan Willams is (one of) the most profitable micro stakes player. He wrote a book about how to crush the micro stakes (Crushing the Microstakes). I haven't read the book, but it could be more relevant.

I just checked the prices and saw that the books cost about the same. I think the Grinders Manual has better value for money (I haven't read Nathan William's book, so I'm not sure).

https://carrotcorner.com/the-grinders-manual/

I do 3bb utg and hj, 2.5 on the rest (6max). I personally call or 3bet 2bb button opens with a wider range. I could imagine that there are more players who do this.

I'm reading the Grinders Manual, which is written for 100NL 6max players, and there they recommend doing exactly what you do. They say you should adjust though. If there's fish in the blinds you should simply open your strong hands to 3, 4 or 5bb, and your weak hands to 2bb. Fish won't be paying attention and won't adjust. If the want to play a hand, they'll play it, regardless of the opening size. Against NITs you can open 2bb.

Interesting play. I have two thoughts on this, and don't know which factor is the dominant one.

Firstly, as both players are aggressive, you are likely to get two or streets of value by just check-calling. If you raise preflop you most likely only pick up te current pot.

Secondly, you don't thin the field. You allow the LAG to call and see a flop with a wider range of hands. He could call with suited connectors for example. It will be hard to put him on a range, and you will be in a tough spot when he starts ahowinh aggression.

I honestly find it hard to say which factor is mote important. Im going to take a good look at the hand this weekend!

I'm glad you posted this hand. So far, I always raised KK no matter what (unless maybe when there's a maniac behind me). Never thought about calling in certain situations.

I wouldn’t cbet the turn. If your opponent likes his hand on the flop, he likes his hand on this turn as well when another low card lands. When he calls the flop, we can split his range into four categories. Flush draws, OESD, overpairs, overcards. Betting small gives him the right price to draw to a striaght or a flush. It won’t get him to fold his overpairs. His overcards aren’t too much of a problem because he will most likely only have one live card (AQo, KQo). My advice would be to not bet the turn, hopefully getting to see a free river, otherwise folding if Villain bets. If you do bet, bet bigger so that you don’’t give him a cheap price to call with draws.

I personally would have played preflop and the flop the same, but folded the turn. The problem with calling the turn is that you will often need to call a river bet to get to showdown. You might be making the right call and still be ahead on the river, but a percentage of those times you will be bluffed off of the winning hand on the river. I think that he often puts you on the correct range (medium overpairs) and isn’t scared of the straight (44, 54s, A4s would fold preflop).

Since I read Adamska’s and LilTonyC’s opinions I realize that calling the flop, although possibly +EV because Villain would often stop betting his overcards on further streets, isn’t as good as raising. When calling and raising are close, I believe it’s better to take the more aggressive line, because having an aggressive image pays off.