Originally Posted by
MadMojoMonkey
You have posted no reads on Villains in either hand.
1) Fold.
2) Sit out.
3) Watch the table for an orbit or 2 and get some reads.
4) Buy back in
5) Play poker
Obviously, if you're on some turbo-style poker table where your opponents are constantly changing, then this wont work.
In general, sit, but don't play until you feel you have at least something of a read on everyone at the table.
Poker isn't about what to do with your cards, it's about what to do against your opponents.
Calling w/ K-high on one hand and then folding 2-pair the next can be the best play both times.
Poker advice without reads is just blind guesswork and speculation.
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Playing AQo in an unraised pot is allowing a ton of inferior hands to see the flop for cheap. AQo is ahead of almost any imaginable limping range, and (in general) when you are ahead, you should bet. A limp/raise from UTG generally represents too strong a range to call with AQo (I'm guessing), but don't assume UTG has the top of his limping range every time he limps.
OngBonga has already pointed out why the implied odds on the call OTT were not enough to call with a bare NFD.
On the 2nd hand, calling PRE in the squeeze spot with J9o is a losing bet. You played fine post, given the runout, but you'll be losing a lot and folding the best hand a lot when you're in between 2 bettors post. Also, J9o from the BB is not very strong at all... J9o is really a hand for BTN steals more often than not.
The 2nd hand is short handed, though, so maybe the J9o wouldn't be a bad call IF the SB had folded.