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Originally Posted by Thamel18
I like how you played hand 1, maybe go a bit bigger on river ($25-30) but now fold IMO. You could also go for a c/c but unless we have clear evidence of how villain plays/thinks I prefer to just go for the standard line and get the value.
Hand 2 I think there's merit for both calling & raising flop. It's fairly difficult for us to be beat on this rainbow board, there are only 6 combinations of 55/33, 2 of 53s, and ~3 of Q5s/Q3s combined. Meanwhile there is a large number of Qx to get value from, and other hands to deny equity from. Those are the merits to raising.
That said, there are very few drawing hands on this Q53r board. We are IP. The pot is already getting fairly bloated, and we are doing extremely well against a lot of the hands villains hold.
I think I prefer a raise in the AQ hand a bit more, make it $70-80.
Hand 1 I ended up calling and he said "good call I have nothing". So I showed and he mucked. No idea what he had but I just had that gut feeling he was trying to buy it. The turn check seemed really weak. The way he had been playing I feel he would have bet the turn with 9X or a flush unless he was nutted and trapping possibly. He seemed like a player who could make this bluff. It also was only 40$ to call into a 140$~ pot. If he raised bigger I probably would have folded. I'm thinking this is a villain/read dependant spot.
Hand 2 I raised to 60$ and everybody folded. With 4 of us in the hand (and 2 obviously interested) I wanted to build the pot but not get too crazy. I went smallish here because I figure I'm only getting called by better with a bigger raise since the board is so dry. I'm not getting value from much here besides maybe KQ/QJ/QT and I doubt they are calling a big raise with QJ/QT here. Unless they are open ended but with pre flop action that doesn't seem likely.
If bb was bluffing the flop I don't think he would barrel the turn too. Seeing as he's getting called by at least 2 people here. I also figure if they will call a bet on the turn (if checked to me and I bet) then they would have most likely called a raise on the flop.
Not sure how flawed any of these thoughts are so let me know. Just trying to give my insight to see where I may be thinking wrong and improve.