[sweetjazz]

In hand 2, the only street that seems possibly questionable is preflop. Is calling with AQs standard here? (I would usually call here, but I know I place too loose in some spots preflop, so I'm curious if this is an "easy" call or a "close" call, assuming it is a call.) I take it AQo is a fold?

In hand 3, I think if you bet $10 on the flop and then $24 on the turn, you have a slightly more natural river bet left ($61 into a pot of $81). All in all, though, you bet sized nicely to leave enough to bluff the river.

BTW, if we turn hand 3 around and we are in button's shoes, what do we facing the river bet. It's pretty clear that DD has a flush draw a fair amount of the time here but (assuming we know DD is good) it's also clear he has a pretty clear value bet with As xs here as well. How often are we gritting our teeth and calling, expecting DD to show up with a spade draw without the ace often enough to make our call profitable, and how frequently are we folding?