Let's ride the variance train...

[cata1yst]

Hand 1
I hate playing this hand in early position but figured it would be well disguised. The villain in hand 1 is pretty loose-passive. How does the line look?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $84.65
UTG+1: $56.70
UTG+2: $47.02
MP1: $14.50
MP2: $23.30
MP3: $49
CO: $27.91
Button: $29.47
Hero: $71.79
BB: $45.41

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is SB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG calls $0.5, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.5, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.5, MP3 folds, CO calls $0.5, <font color="cc3333">Button raises to $2</font>, Hero calls $1.75, BB folds, UTG calls $1.5, UTG+2 calls $1.5, MP2 calls $1.5, CO folds.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($11, 5 players)
<font color="cc3333">Hero bets $8</font>, <font color="cc3333">UTG raises to $16</font>, 2 folds, <font color="cc3333">Button raises all-in $27.47</font>, <font color="cc3333">Hero raises all-in $61.79</font>.
Uncalled bets: $34.32 returned to Hero.

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($81.94, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $81.94)


River: 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($81.94, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $81.94)


Results:
Final pot: $81.94


Hand 2
I normally raise here PF, but decided to change it up. I was looking for a check raise on the flop and when a blank landed on the turn I didn't want any more free cards. My question: did I reraise too much on the turn to extract value?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $67.15
UTG+1: $49.50
UTG+2: $45.95
MP1: $54.37
MP2: $8.75
MP3: $10.07
CO: $45.88
Button: $51.25
Hero: $50.70
BB: $73.45

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG calls $0.5, 2 folds, MP1 calls $0.5, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.25, BB checks.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($2, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($2, 4 players)
<font color="cc3333">Hero bets $2</font>, BB folds, UTG calls $2, <font color="cc3333">MP1 raises to $8</font>, <font color="cc3333">Hero raises to $21</font>, 2 folds.
Uncalled bets: $13 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $20



Thanks for the comments.