i'll do some more in cold hard mathematical analysis later when i have the time. but thanks for the replying. basically what you said in analysis of hand two was what was fucking with me. it confused me that both of their ranges were pretty similar (ie nut hands and nut draws), in such a way that heads up it's probably a call, but 3-handed i pretty much have 4% if anyone has a set (which i felt was super likely, though i couldnt put a % on it), and i'm usually just providing some extra $$ for the dude with the flush draw when he hits. i'll do some ranges and weighting and equity and other such mathematical activities and post them here later.

just to clarify, daven, in hand two, you're saying that we assume that the guy behind us calls 100%, so we can effectively count his stack as part of the pot? and then compare that to how much we are calling (aka pot odds) and then decided whether it's a call or not based on our equity against both ranges? is that correct?

oh yeah and i would have considered the PF iso in hand one super-standard a month ago, but then it came to my attention that i may have been isoing super wide, so i decided to tighten up. now i am questioning whether i am too tight. waddafish.