I don't have a lot of confidence in the ladies. I've seen so many aggro donks play them like the nuts then end up shipping me their stack.

I've also found that if you can't take down the pot against a TAG on an A/K flop with a good cbet, you're usually beat.

In hand one, you're dangerously close to having 1/3 of the villain's stack in the pot, making it very difficult for you to properly fold to the river bet. I would call here with anything other than an Ace, but with two overs on the board, I'm ok with the laydown. I'm just trying to figure out what this guy was holding to justify calling the pot bet on the flop. I may call here just to look him up.


Hand 2 looks good. I really hate QQ on this board.