PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

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MP3 ($1.64)
CO ($4.40)
Button ($1.97)
SB ($2.11)
BB ($5.11)
Hero ($4.98)
UTG+1 ($3.16)
MP1 ($0.96)
MP2 ($2.76)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls $0.02, 4 folds, CO calls $0.02, Button calls $0.02, SB completes, BB checks.

Table was incredibly loose and passive. PT showed 63% VPIP and only 2% PFR.

Flop: ($0.10) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.06, CO folds, Button calls $0.06, SB calls $0.06, BB calls $0.06.

I bet roughly half the pot here. I probably should have bet more with the draws that could be out. Lately I have been betting too much and making everyone fold. By too much Im talking about pot sized bets on the flop.

Is this a spot where a less than pot sized bet could be ok? These guys will usually call all the way with Ax looking to spike an ace. I can see an argument for a .12c bet on this flop as well. In fact that is what I usually would be betting here.

Turn: ($0.34) (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

I filled up and bet again. I wonder if I should be betting a small amount here that way villians can catch straights or flushes and dump a stack to me?

Thanks for any help.

Final Pot: $0.50

Bet the pot on the flop. Bet 1/2 the pot on the turn. Don't worry about making people fold--you never lose that way. The times to slowplay are few and far between and with 4 people in the hand there is no reason to slowplay at all.

Another rule:

If you have a set in a limped multiway pot and there is a flush draw out, overbet the pot.

People will easily call $0.20 here with Axs, which allows you to make a MUCH bigger bet on a blank turn.

Thanks again for the help.