Hand 1: You're only read on this villain is from this hand:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($263.05)
Hero ($242.50)
BB ($519.60)
UTG ($200)
MP ($275.85)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, K. Hero posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, Hero (poster) raises to $9, 1 fold, UTG calls $8.

Flop: ($22) K, 5, 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, UTG raises to $30, Hero calls $15.

Turn: ($82) T (2 players)
Hero bets $62, UTG raises to $124, Hero calls $62.

River: ($330) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $42, UTG calls $36 (All-In).

Final Pot: $408

Results in white below:
Hero has Qh Kd (two pair, kings and sixes).
UTG has Td Kc (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: UTG wins $402. Hero wins $6.


So, he'll minraise the flop with TPWK. How bad is my turn bet here? I have odds for my call as long as I'm not up against the ace of hearts, and frankly, I don't put him on the flush draw here, and my intuition is telling me if my heart hits my Q will be good. My opinion of the hand is, if the turn was a non-heart, then bet/folding is optimal. Since I have a nice redraw if I am behind, check/calling here is in order, and I will probably save myself some money. If he pushes I wont have odds for my flush redraw and hence I will fold. He might even be polite and checkbehind the river for me, fearing that I have AA.

Okay, now that you have whatever read you can, below is the very next hand facing the same villain, after I reload my chips:

Hand 2:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG ($263.05)
Hero ($200)
Button ($519.60)
SB ($397.50)
BB ($275.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K, K. SB posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, SB (poster) calls $7, 1 fold.

Flop: ($18) 8, 3, 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12.

Turn: ($42) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $42, SB raises to $84, Hero ...

If this hand was isolated, the turn checkraise is obv a fold for me. But, yeah.

I get mad when I play bad, not my opponents!