J6s in SB.

I bet $20. It's a disaster to let it check around.

In 2/3, of you face limps ahead in SB and BB is unlikely to raise, you should complete many hands because the odds are so favorable. Other than hands you want to raise, I would tend to complete something like any pockets, all SCs, most two suited (I probably fold 72s/63s/52s), any A, any two cards 9+. This is very different to 1/3 where I would be significantly tighter.

bet the turn small and bet river small.

Why bet small?

The obvious draw hits on the turn. Typically players will be cautious when that occurs so you probably have to bet your own hand.
$20-25 on the turn seems about right. Maybe a hand with Kh or Ah calls, or two pair/set, or a Qx hand calling one time to see if you fire again on the river.

I'm all for getting into pots for cheap with anything remotely playable, but this hand is slightly too weak for me (especially OOP) in spite of the great price. ETA: The postflop RIO of all the "good" hands this hand likely makes outweigh the great preflop price, imo.

I also just check/call the flop. Already things are getting a little dicey due to RIO against the crapload of bigger Axhh/Kxhh/Jxhh, plus we're going to have a more difficult time realizing our IO OOP, but too soon to fold (especially against an ABC donker who is unlikely to be semi-bluffing and a super wide caller), imo.

Definitely have to donk the turn, imo. This card is going to slowdown action and so it checks thru often. Old guy can easily have AAh/etc. that he's never folding, the OESD got there, and other guy is a loose caller. I'd probably donk out a ~PSB.

Ditto thinking for river. Even the bluffy guy just isn't going to be as bluffy multiway when a scare card that could have hit someone hits.

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Always expect nobody to bet your hand for you at low stakes. You have to bet when you hit. No one else is betting, because they’re afraid someone hit. They won’t bet, but they’ll still call, you’ve got to love them.

There are certainly times, mostly heads up, when you can count on an aggro to come at you. But the vast population is happy to check it down, most of the time.

As played, I don’t know how your opponents view you, but probably betting small gets called. Big bets look like big hands and won’t get called. You want villain(s) thinking you’re going for thin value with a mediocre hand.

FLOP - In a limped pot, I think an argument might be made for leading out on the flop.

TURN - When it's UTG OMC betting on the flop, off a short stack, I think he has something. Probably top pair for value, or possibly a flush draw. I wouldn't hate on anyone for donking turn, but it's probably better to just check and see what happens.

RIVER - You can lead out for a smallish size, and maybe get some value from some non-believing TP's or 2P combos. If our read is that HJ is bluffy, and with two opponents still to act, I don't hate checking. I don't think this is going to get checked through twice. Someone should bet their hand for value, or bluff at it.

Yes, sometimes it checks through and we hate ourselves for not betting. But we don't know if our bet would have gotten called. If we lead out for a small size, into two opponents, do we have bluffs? What would they be? Are we betting 2nd pair for thin value? Do we have any strong QX combos that warrant a thin value bet?

A small bet looks like we have a flush that's praying to get called by TP+. A check looks like we were done with it on the turn, and if anyone so much as breathes on the pot, we're folding.

I might even hold my cards in my hand like I'm about to fold.