Micro stakes players will call literally anything

sizing up for value has worked for me too, had a hand last week where i bet river and this guy called with bottom pair after his gutshot missed, so i don't see much reason to keep the price small. if they're peeling with whatever, make them pay for it, especially when you've got a hand that can stand a call.

oop it's harder to keep betting every street, but undersizing just gives them a cheap look at their draw, and i don't mind putting more in when i'm ahead

I gave up trying to thin the field at these stakes. Open like 4bb with a hand i want to play and let the loose callers in. Pot's bigger but my range can stand it. Oop i pretty much give up one pair barreling too - they peel bottom pair and gutshots on the flop and a blank turn isn't folding them

I don't think there's a magic size that fixes it. I stopped c-betting dry boards on autopilot after I got peeled by a low pocket pair on an ace-high flop when I had nothing, now I just save those bets for hands that can keep getting paid on later streets

at micros i size more by what i have, trying to keep the whole range balanced doesnt buy much when theyre calling anyway. when ive got a hand that can keep betting for value, top pair with a decent kicker or a strong draw, make it bigger and charge the loose calls. oop i check more marginal hands, weak top pair or something mostly beating bluffs, especially on a wet flop.

a small c bet doesnt get much fold equity and gives bottom pair or a gutshot a cheap call, then they keep peeling the turn too. pot control makes more sense than building a big pot oop with the second best hand