Common situation for me at 5/10

This flop donk is just as often a bluff as it is a pair I've found. The problem I've encountered is that since I've moved back up to 5/10 I get 3 bet here by bluffs/pairs/draws ALOT.

Is this worth raising or do I just start folding flops to these guys, or peeling and folding the turn?

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter (http://www.pokerhand.org)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (5 SB) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 6.50 BB

i would post this hand up to the point where you raised the flop. showing that you got 3bet will skew the responses you get.

fwiw though, i usually just call the flop and fold the turn UI. the size of the pot and my opponent are the deciding factors in whether or not i choose to raise the flop for a free card (i assume that's what you were doing here?) in a 5 sb pot against an unknown, i'd rahter play is safe and call/fold turn UI. if the pot was bigger, and i had a read on my opponent as passive, i'd be more inclined to raise the flop.

[joker122]

"This flop donk is just as often a bluff as it is a pair I've found."

that's why raising usually sucks.

Sometimes I raise and take the free card sometimes I raise and bet the turn depending on how I feel about the board. Although lately I just raise and get 3 bet.

If I just call, I will have to fold the turn unimproved, yes?

[ QUOTE ]
Sometimes I raise and take the free card sometimes I raise and bet the turn depending on how I feel about the board. Although lately I just raise and get 3 bet.

[/ QUOTE ]

this might be a leak if you're doing it often. why do you think he's taking a shot at you? yeah, you were the favorite going into the flop but it totally missed you. the pot is only 6 sbs when he bets into you. why are you charging yourself and extra BB to see the turn in a pot so small against an unknown? just let it go.

[baronzeus]

[ QUOTE ]
If I just call, I will have to fold the turn unimproved, yes?

[/ QUOTE ]

up to you. i call down with AKui more than most ppl.

[Jerkass333]

I found the donkbet on the flop to be a pair the huge majority of the time at 5-10, often top pair. Its defeinitely something you want to watch for and write notes for what the bet with here. Most players it's top pair though; I didn't see draws or bluffs doing this that often at all from standard opps.

[flawless_victory]

i think you have the best hand on the flop about 85% of the time here.

[flawless_victory]

raise the turn.