NL100 Two JJ hands

[Awesemo]

First hand, villain is 40/30/2 over 10 hands. The check on the flop in retrospect is bad, and I did it to mix up my game by checking some good hands behind. I should have done this with stronger hands instead of JJ which is vulnerable. How do you play the turn?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $183.20
BB: $29.00
UTG: $96.00
MP: $101.00
CO: $199.55
<font color="black">Hero (BTN): $110.05</font>

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Hero is dealt J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $4.00</font>, CO folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $12.00</font>, 2 folds, MP calls $8.00

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($25.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
MP checks, Hero checks

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($25.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">MP bets $13.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $35.00</font>, <font color="red">MP raises to $57.00</font>, Hero folds

Pot Size: $117.50 ($3 Rake)




Hand #2
Villain is 41/17/2 over a small sample. This represents an issue that comes up frequently for me. When I have a hand that is likely to not be good, and the opponent bets very small, then I usually just call them down. How do you play this one?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $104.50
BB: $23.05
<font color="black">Hero (UTG): $97.35</font>
MP: $16.90
CO: $129.10
BTN: $69.30

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Hero is dealt J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6 Players)
<font color="red">Hero raises to $4.00</font>, 2 folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to $7.00</font>, 2 folds, Hero calls $3.00

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($15.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $6.00</font>, Hero calls $6.00

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($27.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $7.00</font>, Hero calls $7.00

<font color="black">River:</font> ($41.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">BTN bets $7.00</font>, Hero calls $7.00

Pot Size: $55.50 ($2.65 Rake)

[tarheeljks]

hand 1: cbet the flop, everything else should fall into place. on the turn i would probably just call since we can't call a rr.

hand 2: if you really think he's bluffing, then raise the flop/turn. don't get taken to value town

[johnnyrocket]

hand 1 checking behind is terrible

hand 2 looks extremely like a draw trying to see cheap cards or a weak queen, reraise and push hard instead of being a nit

both hands played pretty poorly IMO, time to drop down to micro and work on the game

[chris269]

Hand 1: You can not 3beting pf and just check such a safe flop...

Hand 2: definitely raise the turn. Dont give him freecards with his blockbets. Looks like AdKd, probaly TT.