Hi Jively-

Make sure to read through all the links in the sticky at the top of this forum, they are immensely useful in learning shorthanded strategies. For the most part, bet/fold is a river play, often when you have a marginal hand such as 88 and maybe two overcards on the board. It works best when there isn't a scare card on the river, such as a third card to a flush, because you don't want to give people a chance to easily bluff you. (When a scare card hits, a better line is often to induce a bluff by checking the river.) That said, small stakes is full of calling stations - and that's even more true at shorthanded games. Bet/fold is often better for the donk who calls down with T2 when he hits his two on the flop but won't bet the river if you check it to him.