A couple AQ hands

hand 1 - Villain seems pretty solid, but could be playing back at me with almost anything as I was raising more hands than anyone else at the table.

Players:
johsun (EUR 18.95 in seat 1)
kanadaha (EUR 48.70 in seat 2)
bruinblue (EUR 29.50 in seat 3)
Gullnaes (EUR 51.85 in seat 4)
JimmSlimm5 (EUR 50.00 in seat 5)
MATTZOMB (EUR 50.60 in seat 6)
Rommulus (EUR 20.85 in seat 7)
sankaritar (EUR 92.25 in seat 8)

Dealer: johsun
Small Blind: kanadaha (0.25)
Big Blind: bruinblue (0.50)

MATTZOMB was dealt: Qd - Ac

Gullnaes Fold
MATTZOMB Raise (1.50)
Rommulus Fold
sankaritar Fold
johsun Fold
kanadaha Raise (4.50)
bruinblue Fold
MATTZOMB Call (3.25)

Flop 9h - Ah - 9c

kanadaha Bet (8.25)
MATTZOMB Call (8.25)

Turn 9h - Ah - 9c - Kc

kanadaha Bet (11.00)
MATTZOMB... ?

hand 2 - Villain a bit of a donkey, may have called with any 2 suited/connected cards, but also capable of betting big with marginal hands against weakness or on a bluff

Players:
MEccer (EUR 77.45 in seat 1)
erbus (EUR 40.15 in seat 2)
Tuskeboki (EUR 49.75 in seat 3)
derby8 (EUR 35.73 in seat 4)
KieNeauu (EUR 25.00 in seat 5)
MATTZOMB (EUR 95.05 in seat 6)
d0nf4tty (EUR 48.00 in seat 7)
LillaGert (EUR 70.08 in seat 8)

Dealer: LillaGert
Small Blind: MEccer (0.25)
Big Blind: erbus (0.50)

MATTZOMB was dealt: Qc - Ah

Tuskeboki Fold
derby8 Fold
MATTZOMB Raise (1.50)
d0nf4tty Fold
LillaGert Fold
MEccer Fold
erbus Call (1.00)

Flop Qd - 2s - 8s

erbus Check
MATTZOMB Bet (2.00)
erbus Call (2.00)

Turn Qd - 2s - 8s - 9s

erbus Check
MATTZOMB Check

River Qd - 2s - 8s - 9s - 8d

erbus Bet (5.25)
MATTZOMB... ?

In the first hand the villain is weak when he bets out the turn. The villain has a worse ace, and wants to know how strong you are. The funny thing about this play, is that often you tell them and they stick around anyway. I would call the turn bet, and set up a pseudo bluff on the river to hook him.

In this hand the villain may have caught trip 8's. I would just call this. I would never raise.

Hand 1-

Raise or fold the flop...there arent enough outs to your hand to be trying to see if villain will follow thru on the turn. He's going to often enough to make it -EV. I personally fold PF unless villain is a moron laggy type and then I raise the flop and fold to a push.

Hand 2-

Unless you are trying to induce a bluff by checking the turn then you are giving up too much info. Either bet the turn and look for a cheap showdown or be ready to call a river bet that you may not like.

PK

hand 1
preflop fold unless opp sucks bad.

hand 2
why check the turn? thats free info for cheap. Bet the turn just not so hard. If opp calls then leads the river you can decide, but i think its probably a fold. Not enough players at 50nl have the balls to check raise the trips/flush here. If he checks to you id check behind anyway or bet if he isnt capable of a river check raise.
That river bet looks like you arent supposed to call to me...

First hand I ended up pushing, figuring for a tie (hoping he didn't have AK). Preflop I figured him for 99+, KQ or AT+. His bet on the flop looked a little scared. With his smaller bet on the turn I figured he had something like AT-AK. Turns out he had kings and re-sucked out :(

Second hand he had 6s3s for the turned flush. In retrospect I really should have bet something on the turn to see where I stood.

you pushed hand one when it was fairly obvious you were beat

hand two you called when it was equally obvious you were beat

youre heading in the right direction, next time you can fold when its fairly obvious you are beat...

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Originally Posted by nutsinho

you pushed hand one when it was fairly obvious you were beat

hand two you called when it was equally obvious you were beat

youre heading in the right direction, next time you can fold when its fairly obvious you are beat...

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harsh
but fair