Two hands 5/10 Poker Stars

[BarbarianX]

Two hands I played tonight, what do you think?

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>
What now?

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (7 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, Hero calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Yeah, great card... Thoughts?

[runnawaybus]

Hand1: I 3bet this, then check call river if capped.
Hand2: Check call river.

[sharpie]

1) I don't mind just calling down here since there are 2 straights possible and I'm not sure he has enough worse hands to 3 bet since you'll have to calldown a cap and he usually won't cap without a better hand.

2) Gotta call getting 9.5 to 1 as 2 pair will play like this often enough.

[HoneyBadger]

call both hands down from there on.

[Bob T.]

Hand one. Call.

Hand two. Call.

I think your going to be ahead on both hands often enough to justify calling to see a showdown.

I also think that if you call down in both situations, you will just sleep better at night. I might be leaking some bets, because I call too often in these situations, but at the same time, I get to see how they got there, and I don't have second thoughts about whether or not I should have called.

[HoneyBadger]

You'd be surprised how often you win these hands when getting something like 10:1. Sometimes they really have nothing and try some fancy bluff. This happened to me the other day, I was worried I was beat because I 3 bet the turn and he raised my river lead...but I called anyway. His ace highcard did not stand. I don't think I've ever folded a set. Two pair only after extreme action before me, like a bet and a raise from passive players on a scary board.