NL50 - Playing overpairs

[ChicagoPoker]

I played around 3k hands this weekend and like 8 of my 10 biggest losers were with overcards. So I'd really like to get people's opinion of how I played these, if I could have gotten away, etc....

Hand 1
Villain is 37/2/1. I just kept betting and he just kept calling, since that's what calling stations do. On the river I thought I was beat so I made a small blocking bet. Wrong move?

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MP ($82.20)
CO ($62.35)
Button ($117.40)
Hero ($48.75)
BB ($37)
UTG ($39.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.25</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.75) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3.5</font>, UTG calls $3.50.

Turn: ($11.75) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $7.5</font>, UTG calls $7.50.

River: ($26.75) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, UTG calls $8.

Final Pot: $42.75


Hand 2

Villain is 22/17/2 over about 500 hands. Seems solid but I thought he was playing a bit looser than those stats at the time.

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Hero ($51.60)
BB ($75.55)
UTG ($5.05)
MP ($38.95)
CO ($117.45)
Button ($26.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $2.25</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $8</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG folds, CO calls $5.50.

Flop: ($16.75) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $13</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $26</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $56.85 (All-In)</font>, CO calls $17.85.


What do you guys think? In the 2nd hand should I fold to that min-raise?

[mattnxtc]

Hand 1: If you worried I would have made it something like 15-20 as I think you are ahead a lot of the time here. I think anybody with trip 2s is going to raise you at some point.

Hand 2: I dont like this all that much. I think id just call his flop bet and reevaluate on the turn. I think you will be seeing AA, KK or a set here almost always.

[fees]

eh i fold hand 2 .. u beat 1010 and 99 and 99 is like 40% to win

[ChicagoPoker]

You know now that I really look at hand 2 that should have been a much easier fold. Like fees said, I'm only (barely) beating 2 hands really: 99 and tt. Everything else kills me.

In the first hand, I thought he was on a flush draw actually. I didn't think he had a 2 since he called the PF raise.

[infinite_loop]

Hand 1: You're only ahead of 33/55/66/77/A4 and 33/55 are pretty unlikely. I think checking the river is the best play, though if you're going to value bet I like that amount.

Hand 2: When he raises your lead, you're beat almost all of the time and you should have folded.