[cero_z]

Hi Dave,

I think both are calls, though the 2nd one is a lot easier than the 1st one. In order for a good player to have you in hand 2, he needs to have had you beat before the river. Maybe he turned Qs full, but gl to him if that's the case.

Hand 1 is tricky. Raising the turn seems mandatory with a hand that strong, and yet to get action from a tough player, he needs to have something pretty damn good (open-ender or overpair) to give you action, OR you have to be regularly bluff-raising in this spot. I think you probably do, since he can obviously just be taking a stab there after you check behind.

The comments and behavior after the river bet make me want to call. Getting up and leaving, going to smoke and THEN making faces at you shows me that he wasn't comfortable enough to act cool at the table, and needed to get into a less stressful environment to get it together. "The Q didn't help me," isn't a standard comment IMO. When a good player makes a comment that you hear often from less-good players, he's usually employing some kind of fake (or double-fake). But a non-standard comment is less likely to be used this way, and at face value, he seems to be trying to say subtly that he's not bluffing. I think he is.