Rollercoaster comeback

Hi guys,

I was a quite assiduous member at FTR a few months ago. I stopped playing for a while because I moved to the Netherlands, but this week I decided to come back playing, listening to podcasts and checking the posts here.

I'll post some hands of NL 10. I'm playing at NoIQ poker (euro site) but I'm considering to move to other poker room (probably UB to get rakeback, but I'm still deciding) because there a lot of regs playing for rake at NoIQ.

HAND 1:
This hand is just bizarre. The guy is a donkey running 72/24 and I made a bad call. I checked to him on the flop because I considered that he would bet a lot of crap here that he is not calling with. His range is huge and his bet size is just strange. If he has something why would he bet THAT much?

In the end, he got what he wanted and I made a stupid call. In retrospect, I think that the best line here is b/f, I guess. Please tell me what you think.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
CO ($10.31)
Button ($10.09)
Hero (SB) ($11.28)
BB ($8.72)
UTG ($13.69)
MP ($6.08)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 2 folds, Hero bets $0.45, 1 fold, MP calls $0.40
Flop: ($1.10) 3, A, 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $5.58 (All-In), Hero calls $5.58
Turn: ($12.26) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($12.26) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $12.26
Results below:
Hero had 10, 10 (one pair, tens).
MP had A, Q (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: MP won $11.66

HAND 2
Is this a fold PF or a 4 bet? The guy was 78/20 and over 52 hands and his 3bet% was around 13% (with this small sample it doesnt matter much). I was caught inbetween these two choices and probably, I made the worse decision: to call. Is it a super standard fold here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP ($9.82)
Hero (CO) ($13.17)
Button ($10.44)
SB ($13.43)
BB ($16.56)
UTG ($10.78)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J, A
2 folds, Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, SB raises $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.90
Flop: ($2.70) 6, 10, 4 (2 players)
SB bets $2.70, Hero folds
Total pot: $2.70
Results below:
SB didn't show
Outcome: SB won $5.27

HAND 3 (added later):
This was tricky for me to figure out what to do. Villain was 53/25 and I decided to call in the button after 2 limpers. It was a disaster. Let me know what you think and what you should do differently.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
CO ($3.30)
Hero (Button) ($10.15)
SB ($13.08)
BB ($10)
UTG ($12.24)
MP ($17.28)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 8
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, SB calls $0.05, BB checks
Flop: ($0.50) 8, 7, 5 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.37, 2 folds, MP calls $0.37, 1 fold
Turn: ($1.24) 3 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $0.90, MP raises $3.94, Hero raises $8.78 (All-In), MP calls $5.74
River: ($20.60) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $20.60
Results below:
Hero had 7, 8 (two pair, eights and sevens).
MP had 6, 4 (straight, eight high).
Outcome: MP won $19.60


Thats all for today! This session was pure rolercoaster...I lost big pots in the begining. Got down to 200 BBs and still managed to get almost even (-9BBs). Hope to do better in the next one.