[soah]

Betting $2.50 into a $5 pot isn't that ridiculous.

On one hand I played, I had limped with something behind other players and flopped top two pair. I think five of us saw the flop... I'm guessing at the exact figures, but the betting went something like this: Guy bets $4, I raise to $20, others fold, he calls. On the turn there's $60 in the pot, he bets $12, I raise to $50, he calls. On the river he bets $12 again, and the double stop n go is setting off warning bells and I just call; he has bottom set.

On another hand that I saw (I had folded preflop or on the flop), some guy bet the flop, second guy minraised... both players checked the turn and rivers, and the second guy had bottom set.

The board was not terribly scary in either hand.

This is the type of absurd passive play that seems to be typical of many Stars players...