Hand 1
Villain is on the younger side, not really aggressive at all and has been announcing for the last hour that he was leaving soon so if he wins a pot please don't think it's a hit and run. Not sure that's worth mentioning, but it was odd.
Hero has $310 and in mid position with A
K
and opens to $15 (standard for this game), gets one caller OTB who has Hero covered.
Flop 2
9
T
I'm of the mindset to not bother slow playing flopped hands at low limits so I bet $25, villain calls.
Turn 9x
Hero bets $60, villain quickly calls.
River 3x
Hero checks. Was this wrong? Villain could be calling along with a worse flush and hero leaves value on the table here.
Hand 2
Villain is old grumpy dude (no other way to describe him) who just got to table and bought in for the $300 max. Hero has him covered.
Hero opens to $15 from UTG with AxKx and gets two callers.
Flop A J 9 rainbow.
Hero bets $35 and only Villain calls.
Turn 5x
Hero bets $70 and villain calls.
River Kx making hero two pair. Hero checks hoping for a bet from villain. Hero gets what he wants as villain insta shoves.
Hero???????
I feel like this is such a polarizing bet, it's a set or nothing and I don't have enough info on villain to know for sure. Experience tells me players at this level never bet the river unless they have the nuts or near nuts. Fear the set or is this AJ/A9 often enough that we call it off?