Am I a donkey? My first shot at $50

[foldingAApreflop]

So much for my first shot at .25/.50

Is this inevitable? Or simply, check fold/call the river? Not much read yet on villain
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero[Kh Ad]
cjtheman1973 joins the table at seat #5
phronesis: folds
Schielster said, "lucky"
Harry_o.O: raises $1.50 to $2
hero: raises $4 to $6
Schielster: folds
Cubinary: folds
Harry_o.O: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [7s 9d 7c]
phronesis said, "huh?"
Harry_o.O: checks
hero: bets $6
Harry_o.O: calls $6
*** TURN *** [7s 9d 7c] [Ks]
Harry_o.O: checks
hero: bets $10
Harry_o.O: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [7s 9d 7c Ks] [As]
Harry_o.O: bets $29.85 and is all-in
hero: calls $23.80 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Harry_o.O: shows [7h 7d] (four of a kind, Sevens)
hero: mucks hand
Harry_o.O collected $90.35 from pot

Not much read on villain. Besides raising preflop, is there a better play and/or way out off this one?

Dealt to hero [Kc Ks]
SiXTrE_OFF: calls $0.50
Skinz05: raises $2 to $2.50
twistedfende: raises $5 to $7.50
kiuby: folds
CallMeCraZEE: folds
hero: calls $7
SiXTrE_OFF: folds
Skinz05: folds
*** FLOP *** [6d 6s 3c]
hero: checks
twistedfende: bets $18.50
hero: raises $24 to $42.50 and is all-in
twistedfende: calls $24
*** TURN *** [6d 6s 3c] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 6s 3c 3s] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
twistedfende: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
twistedfende collected $100.25 from pot

This is more pathetic, I know. Easy fold on the flop? Read on villain is laggish 40/20 or so
Dealt to hero [Kd As]
Harry_o.O: folds
Viper_ex: folds
Chuck2417: calls $0.50
hero: raises $2 to $2.50
W.Splinter: calls $2.25
DougieG20: folds
Chuck2417: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kc 6h]
W.Splinter: checks
Chuck2417: checks
hero: bets $6
W.Splinter: folds
Chuck2417: raises $33.25 to $39.25 and is all-in
hero: calls $32.75 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jd Kc 6h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kc 6h 5h] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chuck2417: shows [6d 6s] (three of a kind, Sixes)
hero: mucks hand
Chuck2417 collected $82.50 from pot

Is this just a gross check fold on the river? Again a seemingly laggish villain
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [2c Kh]
87werdnA: folds
frankcasanov: calls $0.50
LAKATI: folds
bagger79: calls $0.25
hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ks Kc]
bagger79: checks
hero: checks
frankcasanov: bets $2
bagger79: folds
hero: calls $2
*** TURN *** [Qs Ks Kc] [5d]
hero: checks
frankcasanov: bets $5
hero: raises $5 to $10
frankcasanov: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ks Kc 5d] [9d]
hero: bets $10
frankcasanov: raises $35.50 to $45.50
hero: calls $23 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
frankcasanov: shows [Kd 9h] (a full house, Kings full of Nines)
hero: mucks hand
frankcasanov collected $89.50 from pot

I suppose its just a day in the life for the most part. Yet after feeling little or no resistance as I've grinded through the limits. It's just a lil depressing that my biggest downswing has to happen when I take my first shot at $50. I don't feel although the opposition should be greatly stronger than the last level. But its raining [censored] in 50 land.

[crovax4444]

wrong forums, 1-2 hands at a time please

hand 1 - raise more on preflop ($8) and flop (wtf?)

hand 2 - raise preflop, don't check raise flop

hand 3 - if he's that laggy, calling the push is just ok

hand 4 - I'd call the turn and c/c the river

Short answer, your spewing, work on your game, post in the correct forums.

Crovax

[Jigsaws]

Hand 1: don't RR preflop. That guy's a complete nit. I'd probably check the flop too. And fold the river.

Hand 2: standard.

Hand 3: Meh, fine.

Hand 4: lead flop/turn, the hand plays out differently.

[foldingAApreflop]

Sorry, I'll post in micro...just read that. thx

[HaiaN]

and stop posting results

[OtZman]

Please convert the hand so it's readable. Check out the stickies at the top of all strategy forums to find links to the converters.