calling 3-bets ???

[DickieBets]

The following two hands happened within one round. I have two questions.

Villian had 3 bet me just a little while before this, so I was thinking that he 3-bet light, but I still knew he'd c-bet big and I'd have a hard time calling if I missed a set .

1. Should I be calling such huge raises preflop with a pocket pair ?

2. Am I a nit for folding the second hand? I've been thinking that maybe I should have pushed preflop - but I wasn't sure if he was steaming or actually had something like a pocket pair. So I really didn't feel like a coin flip with a whole buy-in.

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $12.15
villian (BB): $27.75
UTG: $9.50
MP: $29.15
CO: $25.50
Hero (BTN): $29.45

Preflop: Hero is dealt J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, MP calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, <font color="red">Hero raises to $1.50</font>, SB folds, <font color="red">villian raises to $6.00</font>, 2 folds, Hero calls $4.50

Flop: ($12.60) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif J/images/graemlins/heart.gif 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">villian bets $7.50</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises all-in to $23.45</font>, villian calls all-in for $14.25
Uncalled bet of $1.70 returned to Hero

Turn: ($56.10) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players - 2 All-In)

River: ($56.10) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 Players - 2 All-In)

Pot Size: $56.10 ($2.75 Rake)

villian had Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (two pair, Queens and Deuces) and LOST (-$27.75)
Hero had J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif J/images/graemlins/club.gif (a full house, Jacks full of Deuces) and WON (+$25.60)Poker Stars - No Limit

A hand or two later (not sure why positions don't synch up with previous hand):

Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $28.65
BB: $25.25
Hero (UTG): $55.05
MP: $23.65
villian (CO): $25.00
BTN: $10.90

Preflop: Hero is dealt A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif K/images/graemlins/club.gif (6 Players)
<font color="red">Hero raises to $1.00</font>, MP folds, <font color="red">villian raises to $4.00</font>, 3 folds, Hero calls $3.00

Flop: ($8.35) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">villian bets $6.00</font>, Hero folds

Pot Size: $14.35 ($0.40 Rake)

[CrustyFace]

Hand 1, not entirely sure i'd call preflop, not sure what benefit that has. Reraise or fold in my opinion.

Hand 2, seems fine.

[Paul Thomson]

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Hand 1, not entirely sure i'd call preflop, not sure what benefit that has. Reraise or fold in my opinion.

Hand 2, seems fine.

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do the opposite of this.

[CrustyFace]

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Hand 1, not entirely sure i'd call preflop, not sure what benefit that has. Reraise or fold in my opinion.

Hand 2, seems fine.

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do the opposite of this.

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What is your reasoning for doing the opposite of this?

[Paul Thomson]

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Hand 1, not entirely sure i'd call preflop, not sure what benefit that has. Reraise or fold in my opinion.

Hand 2, seems fine.

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do the opposite of this.

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What is your reasoning for doing the opposite of this?

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HAND 1: Villain 3-bets light so JJ is a pretty easy call and we have position so we can play the hand well.

HAND 2: AK sucks to lay in a 3-bet pot. because if u hit your hand, QQ isn't going to pay u off. if u do decide to call with it oop, then u should be check-raising a ton of flops especially flops like this where both our overcards are likely to be good.

[CrustyFace]

In the case of the second hand, how often are you check raising here?