my default play would be to check call, hoping to induce bluff from busted draw but with his non aggro stats might not get that, still it keeps the pot from getting too big…

most likely on pair and busted fd, would surely raise trips on that flop (even with his stats), so I bet small for value, if he comes over the top you know youre beat

about 3750 i reckon, maybe less – those stats tell us he's not bluff raising often, if at all….

I think check/calling and bet/folding are teh plays. My line would probably be to check/call, although you do have an arguement that he's not very aggressive I feel like if he did only have a bare club and his only way to win the pot was to bet than he may bet.  As for your image I don't think it is that big of a deal here. I feel like if a guy is playing 23/3 and doesn't know its bad, then hes not capable of following the gameflow and formulating strategies based on how you've been playing, that and its a $2 mtt.

Okay so I ended up taking the most aggr line by bet calling.  He showed the nut flush QJ.   The reason (and I remember G0liath mentioned in one post before….) is that I believe you need to get value in every street against stations, I agree with that as he would be calling with worst even on these very wet boards. Lots of aces and worst 2 pairs etc…  SO IMO Betting is a must here, but once he raised I should have folded since he hardly shows aggression. against a more balanced or aggresive player I call.

I do think in general especially once in the money we underestimate the level of play at these levels.  There are many grinders playing this every day,  or people on a downswing from higher buyins trying to rebuild their bankrolls (like me right now) and up and comers that are very good and are studying and paying attention to everything.  The problem to me at these levels is that there is such a wide quality in players it is much harder (or less likely to be correct) to make general assumptions

An aggression factor of 2 isn’t actually too passive. In my experience it’s about average, remember he’s calling half as many times as he’s betting/raising. So he’s not overly passive. Anything around ag factor of 1 or under you should dive for cover whenever they bet out in my experience.

Totally agree with your comment about play at these levels and making assumptions. It’s very difficult to categorise your opponents an gather reads at this level since you rarely see them more than once. And it’s so difficult to make general assumptions like you can at higher stakes since the range of opponent skill level is so wide, you never know if your opponent simply has no clue at all and is playing randomly or is a moderately skilled thinking player who has a specific range he plays in any given situation.

The videos on this site are fantastic quality and full of brilliant insight. it’s great when the pros play the micros and show us how they adapt to our opponents. Usually ABC, no fancy play etc. Is the general advice. But I would love some videos from some micro stakes grinders who have a lot of experience here in the micro minefield. Problem is the people who crush micros well enough to make training videos don’t stay at the micros for too long…