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The river calls make me cringe a little bit.

In hand 1, although the 9 is clearly a bad player, when players have poor doors they usually have the nuts in the hole. Most of the time he will have a 96 here going into the river, and he can always improve. Not only that, the other player has called in front of you, meaning he likely made his 8 (even though I guess he could be cry-calling a T here; unlikely, but the pot is huge). Because the pot is enormous, though, I don't mind the call that much.

In hand 2, even though the pot is also quite big, I just can't see calling here. Because of the 5th street action, you know Seat 8 has a draw to an 8 there. On 6th, unless he has the case A in the hole, he made the 8. Even still, the guy behind you very well could have you beat, and if Seat 8 somehow did have the case A, he could still improve. I lay this one down.

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I wasn't happy about either river call. Obviously, I am not ahead often, but with the pots that big I only need to be ahead a small percentage of the time.