Overpairs vs. Flop Aggression (Discussion)

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As I have been going over my NL hands my glaring leak in my game seems to be overplaying high pocketpairs against flop aggression. This goes both ways though as most of my big wins are from high pocket pairs that get pushed AI. It makes sense that if you cut down the amount you stack off with AA, KK etc. your win rate should jump significantly.

Anyway, there are some hypothetical situations I wanted to throw out there to see what people thought (I'm at work so no specific HH available). I know reads play an integral role in calling/folding but of the following situations how often would you raise/call/fold?

6-max - .10/.25NL $25 effective stacks for all examples.

1. Dealt A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] on the button, UTG+1 limps, you raise to $1.25, folds around UTG+1 calls.

Flop: Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

UTG+1 bets $2.5, Hero raises to $10, UTG+1 pushes AI for $21.25, Hero...?
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2. Hero A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] OTB, UTG+1 limps, folds to Hero, Hero raises to $1.25, folds to UTG+1 who calls.

Flop: Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 10 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Action: UTG+1 bets $2.50, Hero raises to $10, UTG+1 pushes AI for $21.50, Hero...?

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3. Hero dealt A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] UTG, hero raises to $1, folds to button who calls, blinds fold.

Flop: Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

Hero bets $2.25, Button raises to $9.75, Hero...?

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4. Hero dealt A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] UTG, hero raises to $1, folds to button who calls, blinds fold.

Flop: K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

Action: Hero bets $2.25, Button raises to $9.75, Hero...?

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I'm interested on the outlooks on what to do with connected boards, do we safe play and just call? I feel that if we just call we have a difficult decision to make on the turn and river since it's a $20+ pot and we have ~$15 back since it looks like we'll be getting it in. I have been pushing a lot saying "he must be on a draw" and getting smacked by sets, two pair etc. (I know getting it in against the draws is good and you come out ahead most of the time.) If anyone wants to add their own senario feel free, but I'm interested to see your thoughts.