600: I Know We All Hate It But..

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Here are two hands I played yesterday, where I felt I needed to lay a set down. We all hate the idea of laying down a set when you're playing 100x...but what do you think of these? Both of the villains in these hands are very good regs.

Poker Stars, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

UTG: $1,172.55
UTG+1: $600
MP1: $210
MP2: $1,029.25
CO: $706.40
Hero (BTN): $576
SB: $615.45
BB: $600

Pre-Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, MP2 calls $6, CO folds, Hero calls $6, SB calls $3, BB checks

Flop: ($24) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="red">MP2 bets $18</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $50</font>, SB folds, <font color="red">BB raises to $150</font>


Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BB: $441.20
UTG: $74
UTG+1: $351.70
Hero (MP1): $423.45
MP2: $694.05
CO: $471.55
BTN: $400
SB: $77

Pre-Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (MP1)
2 folds, Hero calls $4, MP2 folds, CO calls $4, <font color="red">BTN raises to $20</font>, SB folds, BB calls $16, Hero calls $16, CO calls $16

Flop: ($82) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($82) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $65</font>, 2 folds, <font color="red">BB raises to $160</font>