[se2schul]

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I think it's a good idea to try and ignore his actual hand. His range is what I'm curious about, and I'm not sure what it is. I play the 5s and not the 11s mainly because I'm a pussy who likes this game and hates losing money to variance/dumb plays like these.

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Well, because it's a $5, the range for him making a small raise is pretty wide. Lots of players will play any ace, any face card, any suited, any connectors etc like this. They'll usually play hands like AA KK QQ or AK either very strong or very weak (sandbagging), so I'd eliminate those from his range 99% of the time. I'd say you're often ahead on this flop. Make a big bet, checkraise big, or push.

BTW, with the amount of posting/reading you do, you're well ahead of 90% of the players on party for the $5 and $10 games. If you can beat the $5s easily (which I assume you can), then it would almost certainly be more profitable to move up. BTW, I was very cautious with my BR. I played the $5s forever and eventually moved to the $11s. It took me forever to move to the $22s because I was affraid that there would be a huge jump in skill and I didn't want to get pummelled. I've finally made it to the $33s (long overdue) and I wish that I had made the move sooner. You can only take your game so far playing such low limits.

If you could play $7.25 tournaments would you? I ask because you don't have to play either the $5s or the $10s exclusively - you could do a mix, say play 1 $10 for every 3 $5s

(3*$6+$11)/4 = $7.25 avg buy-in per tourney

After you get 50 $10s under your belt, you'll probably be surprised at how easy they are.