NL50: 2 hands w/ big PP against superdonk on A high flops

[barryc83]

Villain is 53/6/2 over 100 hands in both hands below. They happened pretty close together. This guy could have anything, any 2 suited, any ace, and probably anything remotely connected. Check flop in hand 1?

1)Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $59.65
CO: $38.50
Button: $43.75
SB: $24.95
Hero: $73.20

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG calls, CO calls, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $1</font>, SB folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $4.5</font>, 2 folds, Button calls.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($10.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $7</font>, Button calls.

Turn: 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($24.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($24.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $2</font>, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $28.25


Did I play this any better?
2)Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $70.50
CO: $23.30
Hero: $57.20
SB: $52.25
BB: $47.70

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls, CO calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $3</font>, 2 folds, UTG calls, CO folds.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($7.25, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($7.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG bets $0.5</font>, Hero calls.

River: 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($8.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG bets $2</font>, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $12.25

[Sean Fraley]

Note for the future, keep it to one hand per post. I understand that these have a common theme, but it sometimes makes keeping the details straight between hands difficult and the scrolling gets annoying.

Hand 1:

No, don't check the flop, make a c-bet and go from there. Checking turn is fine, and getting 13:1 to call on a river where you may have induced a bluff is fine.

Hand 2:

You are the preflop raiser who has been checked to heads up, this situation demands a c-bet. That would have quite possibly one the hand. Without the c-bet, the rest of the hand is fine.

[Check_The_Nuts]

lol I thought both hands were reraised pots. Hand 1 is pretty standard.

Hand 2 is just weird. I have no idea if your ahead or behind.