Need some advice on putting opponents on a range.

I have been trying to put my opponents on a range in every hand that I play. I feel not doing this often/well enough is my biggest leak. I would really appreciate it if people could look at my though process in these hands and tell me where/if I am going wrong. Thanks.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed)
I have never played with villain before so I assume that he is standard player. He calls from the CO so I put him on a fairly wide range {AJs+,AQo+,22+, KTo+,A2s+}. I hit top set on the flop so I check to him to see what he wants to do as my guess is that this flop missed him and he would fold to a c-bet, on the other hand I probably should have c-bet anyway as that is what he would have been expecting me to do. He bets 2c which is oddly small (I guess that he wanted me to just throw my hand away if it hadn’t hit) so I revise his range to pps that haven’t hit, A7s, A2s and face cards and I call. On the turn I check to him again and he bets out 6c into a 19c pot which is again quite small but I just think that he is trying to steal with something like AQ or AK and not doing a very good job of it so I call. My thoughts are that if he had had a pp that had hit or a high pp then he would have played the hand faster so I weight these hands less in his range. The river brings an Ace and I check to him again, he makes a half pot size bet and I feel as though this confirms my feeling that he has an Ace face card hand so I re-raise, he re-raises again and I shove.


SB ($1.47)
BB ($2.03)
Hero (UTG) ($1.96)
UTG+1 ($2.09)
MP1 ($2.35)
MP2 ($1.68)
CO ($1.37)
Button ($1.89)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8, 8
Hero bets $0.06, 3 folds, CO calls $0.06, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.15) 7, 8, 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.02, Hero calls $0.02

Turn: ($0.19) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.06, Hero calls $0.06

River: ($0.31) A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.16, Hero raises to $0.38, CO raises to $0.60, Hero raises to $1.82 (All-In), CO calls $0.63 (All-In)

Total pot: $2.77 | Rake: $0.18

Here is another hand in a similar vein, I think I made a big mistake in this hand.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed
I raise with 99 from UTG and villain makes a small re-raise from MP2 so I put him on a range of {JJ+,AK} and figure I am getting odds to set mine so I call. I hit nothing on the flop but I figure that it has missed him too, this is where I think I make a big mistake and bet as I am surely behind everything in his range apart from AK so this was stupid but he just calls and a 9 comes on the turn so I think I was lucky there. I bet out 40c on the turn and go all in on the river as I feel as though I am pot committed even given that he may be holding QQ.
MP3 ($1.97)
CO ($4.21)
Button ($2.75)
SB ($1.98)
BB ($5.06)
Hero (UTG) ($1.33)
UTG+1 ($2.18)
MP1 ($2.60)
MP2 ($2)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, 9
Hero bets $0.06, 3 folds, MP3 raises to $0.12, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.27) 5, 8, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.20, MP3 calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.67) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, MP3 calls $0.40

River: ($1.47) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.61 (All-In), MP3 calls $0.61

Total pot: $2.69 | Rake: $0.17

Another hand in which I think I made a large error,
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed)
I raise to 6c with 99 from UTG+1 and get re-raised to 18c by the button. I didn’t really estimate this guy’s range at the table I must admit and looking back on this hand it was stupid but I would like your advice on how I am thinking about my opponents holdings even if my analysis is retrospective. I put this guy on {AA,KK,QQ,AK} so I figure that if I call and hit the flop then I can stack him if there are A’s K’s Q’s on the board. The flop comes 3,4,5 of diamonds and this is where I do something silly and say goodbye to 28c. I don’t have the odds to call pre using the 15x bet relative stack rule but since I figure I can put him on AA,KK,QQ is this a good call?

Hero (UTG+1) ($1.80)
MP1 ($0.48)
MP3 ($2)
CO ($2.46)
Button ($1.70)
SB ($0.79)
BB ($3.70)
UTG ($4.11)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9, 9
1 fold, Hero bets $0.06, 3 folds, Button raises to $0.18, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.39) 5, 3, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.28, Button raises to $0.80, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.95 | Rake: $0.06

Before anyone asks, I am not buying in full because my BR is hovering around $22. I worked my way up from $10 to $27 over 3500 hands which was great but after a 1000 hand downswing I am back down to $22 and feel like playing it safe. I am working very hard to improve my game as I want to get out of this downswing and start building my bankroll again and I don’t want to go busto by risking too much at any one time.


Thanks for all of your advice, it is very much appreciated.